Consistency is a human word, but it certainly expresses nothing human.

All profound truths startle you in the first announcement.

How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion!

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

... many a heart is caught in the rebound ... Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may be excited the more keenly by recent mortification.

words alike make the destiny of empires and of individuals. Ambition, love, hate, interest, vanity, have words for their engines, and need none more powerful. Language is a fifth element - the one by which all the others are swayed.

habit is our idea of eternity.