My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.

Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?

You must lie upon the daisies and discourse in novel phrases of complicated state of mind. The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind.

Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.

If you're anxious to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare, you must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere.