From the height from which the great look down on the world all the rest of mankind seem equal.

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.

We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.

The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as of indifference; it argues presence of mind rather than enlargement of ideas.

This is the test and triumph of originality, not to show us what has never been, and what we may therefore very easily never have dreamt of, but to point out to us what is before our eyes and under our feet, though we have had no suspicion of its existence, for want of sufficient strength of intuition, of determined grasp of mind to seize and retain it.

It is remarkable how virtuous and generously disposed every one is at a play.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.