Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.