The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Lovely promise and quick ruin are seen nowhere better than in Gothic architecture.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.
Manhood and sagacity ripen of themselves; it suffices not to repress or distort them.