A stiff apology is a second insult.

Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

A light supper, a good night's sleep and a fine morning have often made a hero out of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night and a rainy morning would have proved a coward.

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.

Am in Market Harborough. Where ought I to be?

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbor.