Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.
Walter Savage LandorPoliteness 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 LandorMy thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.
Walter Savage Landor