It is charming to totter into vogue.

In science, mistakes always precede the truth

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

Dr. Calder [a Unitarian minister] said of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson on the publications of Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi, that he was like Actaeon, torn to pieces by his own pack.

Two clergymen disputing whether ordination would be valid without the imposition of both hands, the more formal one said, "Do you think the Holy Dove could fly down with only one wing?

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

[The] taste [of the French] is too timid to be true taste--or is but half taste.