Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for…

Quote by Horace Walpole

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This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us...

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other...

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.

Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.

Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense...

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...