Our impulses are our birthright. To alter personality would be unjust, almost criminal, for the impulses that make a fool or worse of us in certain circumstances may be necessary for our happiness.
In times of panic man seems to exchange his soul for a tail.
stoicism is the fundamental characteristic of the French.
There is nothing so carking as the pangs of unsatisfied curiosity.
A little superstition is a good thing to keep in one's bag of precautions.
No country can reach a high stage of civilization without a leisure class.