Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.

Luck is what a capricious man believes in.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.