We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.

Philanthropy, like charity, must begin at home.

By myself walking, To myself talking.

The trumpet does not more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.

A presentation copy, reader,-if haply you are yet innocent of such favours-is a copy of a book which does not sell, sent you by the author.

A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of non pertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity.

A sweet child is the sweetest thing in nature.