This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in’t.
I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey.
How well he’s read, to reason against reading!
Full oft we see cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.
For he’s honourable, and doubling that, most holy.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
What is the difference between literature and journalism? Oh! Journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read.
We sometimes remain faithful to a cause merely because its opponents never cease to be insipid.[Man bleibt mitunter einer Sache nur desshalb treu, weil ihre Gegner nicht aufhören, abgeschmackt zu sein.]
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.[Nous avons tous assez de force pour supporter les maux d’autrui.]
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.[to Mr. Worthing]
