Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?

A man must be in sympathy with society around him, or else, not wish to be in sympathy with it. If neither of these two, he must be wretched.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and customs. It is not quite sufficient to good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man, whose poles turn themselves to the poles of the world, and whose axis is parallel to the axis of the world. Now, their toys are steam and galvanism.

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.

We seldom see anybody who is not uneasy or afraid to live.