Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.
Fate weaves the darkness, which is perhaps why she weaves so badly.
When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.
Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.
I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.