Though fancy may be the patient's complaint, necessity is often the doctor's.

The ill usage of every minute is a new record against us in heaven.

Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart.

Those beings only are fit for solitude who are like nobody, and are liked by nobody.

Liberal of cruelty are those who pamper with promises; promisers destroy while they deceive, and the hope they raise is dearly purchased by the dependence that is sequent to disappointment.

Surmise is the gossamer that malice blows on fair reputations, the corroding dew that destroys the choice blossom. Surmise is primarily the squint of suspicion, and suspicion is established before it is confirmed.

Many species of wit are quite mechanical; these are the favorites of witlings, whose fame in words scarce outlives the remembrance of their funeral ceremonies.