Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.

“Trifles make the sum of life. ”

“[...] There are tales among us that you have sold yourself to the devil, and I …”

“I confess I have yet to learn that a lesson of the purest good may not be drawn…”

“Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and…”