O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them.

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.

But how cool, how quiet is true courage!

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

Money is the source of the greatest vice, and that nation which is most rich, is most wicked.

To Nobody, then, will I write my Journal! since to Nobody can I be wholly unreserved, to Nobody can I reveal every thought, every wish of my heart, with the most unlimited confidence, the most unremitting sincerity, to the end of my life!

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