And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

Perhaps you will ask whether I can raise these three millions without difficulty. Well, nearly all my capital is invested in land, but I have some money out at interest and I can borrow without any trouble.

The living voice is that which sways the soul.

It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.

Too much polishing weakens rather than improves a work.