Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
Horace WalpoleA man of sense, though born without wit, often lives to have wit. His memory treasures up ideas and reflections; he compares themwith new occurrences, and strikes out new lights from the collision. The consequence is sometimes bons mots, and sometimes apothegms.
Horace WalpolePerhaps those, who, trembling most, maintain a dignity in their fate, are the bravest: resolution on reflection is real courage.
Horace WalpoleI shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company.
Horace Walpole