Books, the children of the brain.
Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.
Fools are apt to imitate only the defects of their betters.
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above five-and-twenty.
Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.