The world has corrected the Bible. The church never corrects it; and also never fails to drop in at the tail of the procession-and take the credit of the correction.

the size of a misfortune is not determinable by an outsider’s measurement of it but only by the measurements applied to it by the person specially affected by it.

If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.

Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.

If I had more time, I would have written less.

It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company--for he did all the talking.