There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things -- books, pictures, and the face of nature. |
There are two classes of people that I have observed who are not so distinct as might be imagined -- those who cannot keep their own money in their hands, and those who cannot keep their hands from other people's. |
There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods. |
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. |
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. |
There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled. Of all conceits it is surely the most classical. "I count only the hours that are serene." |
There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body |
There is no force but argument in the case, and it is reason, not the will of another, that gives the law. |
There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man. |
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice. |
There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself. |
There is nothing good to be had in the country, or, if there be, they will not let you have it |
There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable. |
There is nothing more likely to drive a person mad than . . . an obstinate, constitutional preference of the truth to the agreeable. |
There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character. |