Pessimism Does Win Us Great Happy Moments.

Only Mediocrity Can Be Trusted To Be Always At Its Best. Genius Must Always Have Lapses Proportionate To Its Triumphs.

The Loveliest Face In All The World Will Not Please You If You See It Suddenly Eye To Eye, At A Distance Of Half An Inch From Your Own.

Zuleika, On A Desert Island, Would Have Spent Most Of Her Time In Looking For A Man's Footprint.

History Does Not Repeat Itself. The Historians Repeat One Another.

I Was A Modest, Good-humoured Boy. It Is Oxford That Has Made Me Insufferable.