It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.
'Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.
There has been, is, and always will be every conceivable type of person.
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.
The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.