Fiction may be said to be the caricature of history.

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.

Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed.

A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite neatness; but, as the neatness must be a neatness in fashion, employ the best tailor; pay him ready money, and, on the whole, you wi11 find him the cheapest.

When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.