Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground.
Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.
The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.
Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.
Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.