The past is the sepulchre of our dead emotions.
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
The worth of a book is a matter of expressed juices.
Bad taste is a species of bad morals.
Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability.
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.