If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.

Men always grow vicious before they become unbelievers.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

I forget whether advice be among the lost things which Ariosto says are to be found in the moon: that and time ought to have been there.

Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and wide, But man we find the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature; Who, when she loudly cries-Forbear! With obstinacy fixes there; And where the genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.