Trollope Society

A man does, in truth, remember that which it interests him to remember; and when we hear that memory has gone as age has come on, we should understand that the capacity for interest in the matter has perished. A man will be generally very old and feeble before he forgets how much money he has in the funds.

An Autobiography

And it is so comfortable to have theories that one is not bound to carry out,' said Phineas.

Phineas Finn