People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk.
Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision.
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.