Two large prominent eyes that rolled about to no purpose (for he was utterly short-sighted) a wide mouth, thick lips and inflated visage, gave him the air of a blind trumpeter. A deep untuneable voice which, instead of modulating, he enforced with unnecsessary pomp, a total neglect of his person, and ignorance of every civil attention, disgusted all who judge by appearance.

Letters to absence can a voice impart, And lend a tongue when distance gags the heart.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority.

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.