Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.