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The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.
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"He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head."
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"What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it."
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"No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat."
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"Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty."
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