The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]

The life even of a just man is a round of petty frauds; that of a knave a series of greater. We degrade life by our follies and vices, and then complain that the unhappiness which is only their accompaniment is inherent in the constitution of things.

Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

The best evidence of merit is a cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found.

The worth of a book is a matter of expressed juices.

A book should be luminous not voluminous.