Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.

Leave glory to great folks. Ah, castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up!

The heart of a man's like that delicate weed, / Which requires to be trampled on, boldly indeed / Ere it gives forth the fragrance you wish to extract.

Patience is a good palfrey, and will carry us a long day.

Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.

Nothing so good as a university education, nor worse than a university without its education.

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.