Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician.
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.