In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less

Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.