Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading.

We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us.

The everlasting quotation-lover dotes on the husks of learning.

when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy prospect of futurity shall vanish only with my existence.

The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return.