A biography for Walter Bagehothasn’t been written yet.
“An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.”
“Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.”
“Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.”
“We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself.”
“A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.”
“We must not let daylight in upon the magic.”
“It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.”
“Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.”