Walter Bagehot Mean Quotations

Credit means that a certain confidence is given, and a certain trust reposed. Is that trust justified? And is that confidence wise? These are the cardinal questions. To put it more simply credit is a set of promises to pay; will those promises be kept?

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

Conquest is the missionary of valour, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.