Leigh Hunt

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.