Trollope Society

We are often told in our newspapers that England is disgraced by this and by that; by the unreadiness of our army, by the unfitness of our navy, by the irrationality of our laws, by the immobility of our prejudices, and what not; but the real disgrace of England is the railway sandwich, that whited sepulchre, fair enough outside, but so meagre, poor, and spiritless within

He Knew He Was Right

As a man grows old he wants amusement, more even than when he is young; and then it becomes so difficult to find amusement.

An Autobiography