I am now to offer some thoughts upon that sameness or familiarity which we frequently find between passages in different authors without quotation. This may be one of three things either what is called Plagiarism, or Imitation, or Coincidence.

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.

Boswell, when he speaks of his Life of Johnson, calls it my magnum opus, but it may more properly be called his opera, for it is truly a composition founded on a true story, in which there is a hero with a number of subordinate characters, and an alternate succession of recitative and airs of various tone and effect, all however in delightful animation.

Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should.

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials.

Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed.

The connection between authors, printers, and booksellers must be kept up.