A few more years will destroy whatever yet remains of that magical potency which once belonged to the name of Byron.

The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

We are free, we are civilised, to little purpose, if we grudge to any portion of the human race an equal measure of freedom and civilisation.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

To be a really good historian is perhaps the rarest of intellectual distinctions.