To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations.

Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.

The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit.

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.

A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation of ancient freedom, if they had not long since been accustomed to prefer the solid assurance of bread to the unsubstantial visions of liberty and greatness.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.