I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home.

In every picture there should be shade as well as light.

When we know exactly all a man's views and how he comes to speak and act so and so, we lose any respect for him, though we may love and admire him.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.