The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.
When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous
There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party.
Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.