Possession, they say, is eleven points of the law.

Such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.

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

Hereditary right should be kept sacred, not from any inalienable right in a particular family, but to avoid the consequences that usually attend the ambition of competitors.

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.

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.

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.