Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.

Unlike the sun, intellectual luminaries shine brightest after they set.

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.

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.

It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.

The sun should not set upon our anger, neither should he rise upon our confidence. We should forgive freely, but forget rarely. I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.

We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur.