Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

I like to see things start, grow, and then move on to better things.

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.