The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity
The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
'Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad company, and taverns steal from the best economist.
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his companions by every word. Every opinion reacts on him who utters it. It is a threadball thrown at a mark, but the other end remains on the thrower