In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value our fancies set upon it.

Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.

A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind, endued with an irresistible force, which for want of sight is of no use to him.

Virtue which shuns, the day.

They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.