The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

Common fluency of speech in many men and most women is owing to a scarcity of matter.

This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.