"An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children."

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."

"Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of di…"

"I have never been bored in my life, though I have often been boring."

"The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity."