Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.

A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.