It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.
The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature.
Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites.
The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.
Our globe discovers its bidden virtues, not only in heroes and arch-angels, but in gossips and nurses.