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

'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks.

The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

Ah, a German and a genius ! A prodigy, admit him !

The scholars of Ireland seem not to have the least conception of style, but run on in a flat phraseology, often mingled with barbarous terms.