A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast.
When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
A true critic, in the perusal of a book, is like a dog at a feast, whose thoughts and stomach are wholly set upon what the guests fling away, and consequently is apt to snarl most when there are the fewest bones.
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.