'Tis happy for him that his Father was born before him.

So endless and exorbitant are the desires of men that they will grasp at all, and can form no scheme of perfect happiness with less.

Abstracts, abridgments, summaries, etc., have the same use with burning-glasses,--to collect the diffused light rays of wit and learning in authors, and make them point with warmth and quickness upon the reader's imagination.

Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Praise is the daughter of present power.

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