Human Passions Against Eternal Laws -- That

To Be Prejudiced Is The Privilege Of The Thinking Human Being. ... The Open Mind Is The Empty Mind.

Work Is A Dull Thing; You Cannot Get Away From That. The Only Agreeable Existence Is One Of Idleness, And That Is Not, Unfortunately, Always Compatible With Continuing To Exist At All.

I Can Think Of Few Things More Disastrous Than Starting A New Correspondence With Any One. Letters Are A Burden Indeed ... They Seem Often The Last Straw That Breaks The Back ... You Should See The Piles Of Those That I Must Answer That Litter And Weight My Writing Table.

Many Persons Read And Like Fiction. It Does Not Tax The Intelligence And The Intelligence Of Most Of Us Can So Ill Afford Taxation That We Rightly Welcome Any Reading Matter Which Avoids This.

One Never Feels Such Distaste For One's Countrymen And Countrywomen As When One Meets Them Abroad.