I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.

From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will find most alleviations.

Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.

"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."

Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.