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.

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow To Be old friends?

An 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!

Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.

Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.