Lord David Cecil quotes:

To have too much forethought is the part of a wretch; to have too little is the part of a fool.

A warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.

Hypocrisy is folly. It is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man aims to appear, than to keep up the appearance of being what he is not.

Power rests in tranquillity.

A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to bring faith into activity and exercise.

It does not matter that Dickens' world is not life-like; it is alive.

It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.

The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing his faculty of appreciation.