When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.

There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same.

I am become a transparent eyeball.

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

God knows that all sorts of gentlemen knock at the door; but whenever used in strictness and with any emphasis, the name will be found to point at original energy.

The charm of fine manners is music and sculpture and picture to many who do not pretend to appreciation of these arts.

Cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.