As men get on in life, they acquire a love for sincerity, and somewhat less solicitude to be lulled or amused. In the progress ofthe character, there is an increasing faith in the moral sentiment, and a decreasing faith in propositions.

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there is room for persons of romantic character to exist, and that the poet, the mystic, and the hero may hope to confront their counterparts.

There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.

We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered that much was accomplished, and much was begun in us.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.