Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Beauty can inspire miracles.

The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.