"The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us."

"The greatest pains to human nature are the pains of patience."

"Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of di…"

"Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty."

"A dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which had, up to this moment, been in an obscure stable, suddenly burst upon the field, and, rushing past the grandstand, was hailed a winner."