Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.

The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.

Do not quarrel with the world too soon; for, bad as it may be, it is the best we have to live in, here. If railing would have made it better, it would have been reformed long ago.

I do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London.

Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.