Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
Every dog must have his day.
Real vision is the ability to see the invisible.
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.
If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels.
Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.