But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

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

Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

All looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. [and therefore the solution is to fix the jaundiced eye.]

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.