“The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.”

“And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.”

“Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”

“Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

“I am not old, but my young way was never the way to age.”

“In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected."(Frauds on the Fairies, 1853)”

“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.”