What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind. – Walter Bagehot
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. – Walter Bagehot

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind. – Walter Bagehot
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. – Walter Bagehot
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. – Walter Bagehot
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. – Walter Bagehot