It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.

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

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work.

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.

Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude.

To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor.

The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.