Names govern the world.

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.

parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius.

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

If I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.

We do not so much want books for good people, as books which will make bad ones better.

I used to wonder why people should be so fond of the company of their physician, till I recollected that he is the only person with whom one dares to talk continually of oneself, without interruption, contradiction or censure; I suppose that delightful immunity doubles their fees.