Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses, or will soon lose them.

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.

The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.