That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations. - Elizabeth Gaskell

I'll not listen to reason…Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.