Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no less then Ancient History, supplies us with many most painful examples of what I refer to. If it were not so, indeed, History would be quite unreadable.

The world seemed to me fine because you were in it, and goodness more real because you lived.

When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand.

The worst slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.

The English public always feels perfectly at ease when a mediocrity is talking to it.

The only way to get rid of tempation is to yeild to it.