Politeness is not always a sign of wisdom; but the want of it always leaves room for a suspicion of folly, if folly and imprudence are the same.
Walter Savage LandorThose who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.
Walter Savage LandorOf all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for them. No history was ever true. Lives I have read which, if they were not, had the appearance, the interest, and the utility of truth.
Walter Savage Landor