There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.

As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.

A canter is the cure for all evil.