Dandyism is a species of genius.

Good temper is an estate for life.

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.

Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.