Lord Bath used to say of women, who are apt to say that they will follow their own judgment, that they could not follow a worse guide.
Horace WalpoleAn ancient prophecy ... pronounced, That the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it!
Horace WalpoleThe best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal, and I am determined never to reckon upon any other.
Horace Walpole