The unfortunate are always egotistical.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.

She is an excellent creature, but she can never remember which came first, the Greeks or the Romans.

Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.

Little things affect little minds.