It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.

A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry.

It may be made a question whether men grow wiser as they grow older, anymore than they grow stronger or healthier or honest.

Success in business is seldom owing to uncommon talents or original power which is untractable and self-willed, but to the greatest degree of commonplace capacity.

I am then never less alone than when alone

It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures.

The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.