When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country

The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

The incognito of an inn is one of its striking privileges.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part

Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel