Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.

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.

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.

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

Shall I faint, now that I have poured out the spirit of my mind to the world, and treated many subjects with truth, with freedom, with power, because I have been followed with one cry of abuse ever since for not being a Government tool?

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.