Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public.

New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

I conceive disgust at these impertinent and misbecoming familiarities inscribed upon your ordinary tombstone.

Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?

Dr Parr...asked him, how he had acquired his power of smoking at such a rate? Lamb replied, 'I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.'

Brandy and water spoils two good things.

How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty.