When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.
Time,--the most independent of all things.
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.
Those who are pleased with the fewest things know the least, as those who are pleased with everything know nothing.
There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.
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.