Anthony Trollope

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men.