By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses one misses more nonsense than sense.

— Horace Walpole

Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man.

— Horace Walpole

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could forever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.

— Horace Walpole

I am in a moment of pretty wellness.

— Horace Walpole

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.

— Horace Walpole

I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.

— Horace Walpole

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

— Horace Walpole

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

— Horace Walpole

In science, mistakes always precede the truth.

— Horace Walpole

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

— Horace Walpole