I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.