A man of good sense but of little faith, whose compassion seemed to lead him to church as often as he went there, said to me; 'that he liked to have concerts, and fairs, and churches, and other public amusements go on.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, and yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed.

No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby - so helpless and so ridiculous.

An orchard, good tillage, good grounds, seem a fixture, like a gold mine, or a river, to a citizen; but to a large farmer, not much more fixed than the state of the crop.

Power educates the potentate.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.