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.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.

Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.