These are great days.

...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed forward, then soaked forward, and finally stopped altogether until another bucket could be brought.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

When a new book appears one should read an old one.

Most of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well.

We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.