Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

We make our own fortune and call it destiny.

It is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and light divide the course of time.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.