Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers.

Literary friendship is a sympathy not of manners, but of feelings.

The greater part of our writers have become so original, that no one cares to imitate them: and those who never quote in return are seldom quoted.

This is one of the results of that adventurous spirit which is now stalking forth and raging for its own innovations. We have not only rejected AUTHORITY, but have also cast away EXPERIENCE; and often the unburthened vessel is driving to all points of the compass, and the passengers no longer know whither they are going. The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by QUOTATION.

Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

Whenever we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords whose tones we are about to harmonize.