Conscience makes egotists of us all.

Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices.

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.

The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.