Augustus Hare

“A sneer is the weapon of the weak.”

“Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.”

“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”

“Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own countrymen, change their climate, but not their customs.”

“Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.”

“Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.”

“To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune.”

“The greatest of all arts is the art of blotting.”

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”

“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”

“There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is by his height.”

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”