Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.

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

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow To Be old friends?

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 can forgive injuries, but never benefits.

It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love.