Horace Walpole

"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."

"Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, — at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first."

"Manfred was not one of those savage tyrants who wanton in cruelty unprovoked. The circumstances of his fortune had given an asperity to his temper, which was naturally humane; and his virtues were alw…"

"A tragedy can never suffer by delay: a comedy may, because the allusions or the manners represented in it maybe temporary."

"The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At la…"

"“Peace, simpleton!” said the Princess. “Though he said he was unhappy, it does not follow that he must be in love."

"Allen of Bath procured them the same honours from thence; and for some weeks it rained gold boxes: Chester, Worcester, Norwich, Bedford, Salisbury, Yarmouth, Tewkesbury, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Stirling, a…"

"“My councils do not need a Friar’s intervention,” said Manfred; “and of all men living is that hoary traitor the only one whom you delight to confer with?"