Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.

Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

Perhaps those, who, trembling most, maintain a dignity in their fate, are the bravest: resolution on reflection is real courage.

It is charming to totter into vogue.

The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal, and I am determined never to reckon upon any other.

Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.