Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails.

Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please them.

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next year's revenue.

My hunger serves me instead of a clock.

A fig for your bill of fare; show me your bill of company.

Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl?