A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.

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

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

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

We often forget our dreams so speedily: if we cannot catch them as they are passing out at the door, we never set eyes on them again.

We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.