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

The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.

There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.

The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.

Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.

We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object.