Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.

As a rule, man is a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not.

The canter is a cure for every evil.

The indulgence in grief is a blunder.

No, it is better not. She will only ask me to take a message to Albert.