Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive one.

We laugh heartily to see a whole flock of sheep jump because one did so. Might not one imagine that superior beings do the same, and for exactly the same reason?

Those men who are commended by everybody must be very extraordinary men; or, which is more probable, very inconsiderable men.

Respect is better procured by exacting than soliciting it.

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate from them, and where lies the exception.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter.

The brains of a pedant however full, are vacant.