The Letters of Horace Walpole Quotes

“The farther I travel, the less I wonder at anything: a few days reconcile one to a new spot, or an unseen custom; and men are so much the same everywhere, that one scare perceives a change in situation.”
― Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole

“The most remarkable thing I have observed since I came abroad, is, that there are no people so obviously mad as the English.”
― Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole

“As I never wear a hat myself, it is indifferent to me what sort of hat I don't wear.”
― Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole

“If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the northest part of England; the whole country has a Saxon air, and the inhabitants are savage."

- To George Montagu, Esq., August 26, 1749”
― Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole