Horace WalpoleThinkers

Chance is the nickname for providence.

The Frenchman is to be disliked not because of the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for his insolent and unfounded airs of superiority.

George Grenville is a fatiguing orator and indefatigable drudge; more likely to disgust than offend.

Humor is an attribute of the thinking man, not the healing man. The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

Justice is the activity of truth, rather than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.

Mary Wollstonecraft is a philosophising serpent, a hyena in petticoats.

Paradox is the impotent effort of men who, not having capacity to draw attention and celebrity from good sense, fly to eccentricities to make themselves noted.

William Shakespeare is one of the greatest geniuses that ever existed, but he undoubtedly wanted taste.

The World is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.

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