Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision.
Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.
It is a fact that not once in all my life have I gone out for a walk. I have been taken out for walks; but that is another matter.
Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct of our nature.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.