Wisdom comes from disillusionment.

Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

The constant demands of the heart and the belly can allow man only an incidental indulgence in the pleasures of the eye and the understanding.

America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.