All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.

A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed.

Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing.

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

Who are those ever multiplying authors that with unparalleled fecundity are overstocking the world with their quick succeeding progeny? They are novel-writers.

To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone.

It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use.