A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.
If our hours were all serene, we might probably take almost as little note of them as the dial does of those that are clouded.
A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous as well as contemptible character. The utmost that those who thus habitually confound their opinions and sentiments with the outside coverings of their bodies can aspire to, is a negative and neutral character, like wax-work figures, where the dress is done as much to the life as the man, and where both are respectable pieces of pasteboard, or harmless compositions of fleecy hosiery.
He who would see old Hoghton right Must view it by the pale moonlight.
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.
Genius is native to the soil where it grows — is fed by the air, and warmed by the sun — and is not a hot - house plant or an exotic.
Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
I am then never less alone than when alone
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?
Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.
The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.
Well I've had a happy life.
An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.
The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old; and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation.
The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.
Knowledge is pleasure as well as power.
Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.
There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.
The last pleasure in life is the sense of discharging our duty.
To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.
In what we really understand, we reason but little.
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.
There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.
Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end.
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