Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
There is an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even greater infirmity.