The most learned are often the most narrow minded.
Words are the only things that last for ever.
We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.
We may be willing to tell a story twice, never to hear it more than once.
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.