Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment.

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

And, of all the things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

What, after all, is heaven, but a transition from dim guesses and blind struggling with a mysterious and adverse fate to the fullness of all wisdom--from ignorance, in a word, to knowledge, but knowledge of what order?

Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.