For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

The cabinets of the sick and the closets of the dead have been ransacked to publish private letters and divulge to all mankind the most secret sentiments of friendship.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.