To be a mere verbal critic is what no man of genius would be if he could; but to be a critic of true taste and feeling is what no man without genius could be if he would.

We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree. The reason perhaps is this: when we find others that agree with us, we seldom trouble ourselves to confirm that agreement; but when we chance on those who differ from us, we are zealous both to convince and to convert them. Our pride is hurt by the failure, and disappointed pride engenders hatred.

Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.

Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.

Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.

The French have a saying that whatever excellence a man may exhibit in a public station he is very apt to be ridiculous in a private one.

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.