He found that it was easy to make a heroic gesture, but hard to abide by its results.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.

Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes...