The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions.
The last change in our point of view gives the whole world a pictorial air.
Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy.
Every wall is a door.
The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.