Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.

You must not sneeze. If you have a vehement cold you must take no notice of it; if your nose membranes feel a great irritation you must hold your breath; if a sneeze still insists upon making its way you must oppose it keeping your teeth grinding together; if the violence of the pulse breaks some blood-vessel you must break the blood-vessel -- but not sneeze.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.

To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit.

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit. There is no other way to elude apathy, or escape discontent; none other to guard the temper from that quarrel with itself, which ultimately ends in quarreling with all mankind.