I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.

A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine.

Great talkers, little doers.

The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature.

Nothing great comes without enthusiasm.

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best

If you want something done, ask a busy person.