Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

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.

If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too high; but we must remember that men are not angels.

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

The masses procure their opinions ready made in open market.

The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.