Quality and title have such allurements that hundreds are ready to give up all their own importance, to cringe, to flatter, to look little, and to pall every pleasure in constraint, merely to be among the great, though without the least hopes of improving their understanding or sharing their generosity. They might be happier among their equals.

Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.

If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger.