Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
Walter Savage LandorThere are proud men of so much delicacy that it almost conceals their pride, and perfectly excuses it.
Walter Savage LandorThe religion of Christ is peace and good-will,--the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will.
Walter Savage LandorThe moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence.
Walter Savage LandorIn the hours of distress and misery, the eyes of every mortal turn to friendship; in the hours of gladness and conviviality, what is our want? It is friendship. When the heart overflows with gratitude, or with any other sweet or sacred sentiment, what is the word to which it would give utterance? A friend.
Walter Savage Landor