He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A creature undefiled by the taint of the world, unvexed by its injustice, unwearied by its hollow pleasures; a being fresh from the source of light, with something of its universal lustre in it. If childhood be this, how holy the duty to see that in its onward growth it shall be no other!

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.

O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.