Wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses which he is loved and blessed by.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.

What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts

To the mean eye all things are trivial, as certainly as to the jaundiced they are yellow.

The steam-engine I call fire-demon and great; but it is nothing to the invention of fire.

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.