One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world.
Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others, who feel that the world has done them justice.
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself.
Painters... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in their own minds.
Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.
Do not quarrel with the world too soon; for, bad as it may be, it is the best we have to live in, here. If railing would have made it better, it would have been reformed long ago.
The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.
The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.
The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.
The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.
The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.
A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.
I have known persons without a friend--never any one without some virtue. The virtues of the former conspired with their vices to make the whole world their enemies.
From the height from which the great look down on the world all the rest of mankind seem equal.
Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.