Knowledge is pleasure as well as power.

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 do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.

The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of letters. His ruling passion is the love of fame.

The Princess Borghese, Bonaparte's sister, who was no saint, sat to Canova as a reclining Venus, and being asked if she did not feel a little uncomfortable, replied, "No. There was a fire in the room."

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.