If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself...that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.