If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who have not got it.