A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.
I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.
I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.