How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.

They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge.

The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.