Without grace no book can live, and with it the poorest may have its life prolonged.
It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.
Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.
It is charming to totter into vogue.
Perhaps those, who, trembling most, maintain a dignity in their fate, are the bravest: resolution on reflection is real courage.
Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.