Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.

A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces.

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.

Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.

Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.