Walter Bagehot Quotes

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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.