The entire merit of a man can never be made known; nor the sum of his demerits, if he have them. We are only known by our names; as letters sealed up, we but read each other's superscriptions.

All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.

Climate of Egypt in winter is the reign of spring upon earth, & summer in the air, and tranquility in the heat.

Madman! Look through my eyes if thou hast none of thine own.

The ancients of the ideal description, instead of trying to turn their impracticable chimeras, as does the modern dreamer, into social and political prodigies, deposited them in great works of art, which still live while states and constitutions have perished, bequeathing to posterity not shameful defects but triumphant successes.

The pleasure of leaving home, care-free, with no concern but to enjoy, has also as a pendant the pleasure of coming back to the old hearthstone, the home to which, however traveled, the heart still fondly turns, ignoring the burden of its anxieties and cares.