What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.
The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.