Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

Speaking of New York as a traveller I have two faults to find with it. In the first place there is nothing to see; and in the second place there is no mode of getting about to see anything.

I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.

It is my purpose to disclose the mystery at once, and to ask you to look for your interest,--should you choose to go on with my chronicle,--simply in the conduct of my persons, during this disclosure to others.

It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.