Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.

Our opinions of the world, are confessions of character.

Let him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed, and the insane levity of choosing associates by others eyes.

In conversation the game is, to say something new with old words. And you shall observe a man of the people picking his way along, step by step, using every time an old boulder, yet never setting his foot on an old place.

Every advantage has its tax.

Therefore is nature ever the ally of Religion: lends her all her pomp and riches to the religious sentiment.

Life is a festival only to the wise.