The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.
Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation td posterity? Let him consider in old books what he finds that he is glad to know, and what omissions he most laments.
Quotations are best brought in to confirm some opinion controverted.