There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.

The incognito of an inn is one of its striking privileges.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part

Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel

Those who from a constant change and dissipation of outward objects have not a moment's leisure left for their own thoughts, can feel no respect for themselves, and learn little consideration for humanity.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have