Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself. - Anthony Trollope

She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never descended to construct a decoration.

It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life.

This was Barrington Erle, a politician of long standing, who was still looked upon by many as a young man, because he had always been known as a young man, and because he had never done anything to compromise his position in that respect. He had not married, or settled himself down in a house of his own, or become subject to the gout, or given up being careful about the fitting of his clothes.