No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.
Oh, don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know, [George] Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.
Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.
Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.
He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.