Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

All is vanity, look you; and so the preacher is vanity too.

...the greatest tyrants over women are women.

Time passes, Time the consoler, Time the anodyne.

There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.