I was never less alone than when by myself.

In discussing Barbarism and Christianity I have actually been discussing the Fall of Rome.

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work.

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.

The separation of the Arabs from the rest of mankind has accustomed them to confound the ideas of stranger and enemy.

In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill . . .

In old age the consolation of hope is reserved for the tenderness of parents, who commence a new life in their children, the faith of enthusiasts, who sing hallelujahs above the clouds; and the vanity of authors, who presume the immortality of their name and writings.