Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs.

Most men know what they hate, few what they love.

Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.

That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.

Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent.

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.