Serendipitous discoveries are made by chance, found without looking for them but possible only through a sharp vision and sagacity, ready to see the unexpected and never indulgent with the apparently unexplainable.

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

I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company.

At last some curious traveller from Lima will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul's, like the editions of Baalbec and Palmyra.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

I can forgive injuries, but never benefits.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.