One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.

A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended.

To appear rich, we become poor.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.