We all cry out that the world is corrupt,--and I fear too justly,--but we never reflect, what we have to thank for it, and that itis our open countenance of vice, which gives the lye to our private censures of it, which is its chief protection and encouragement.

Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery," said I, "still thou art a bitter draught.

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!

Vanity bids all her sons be brave, and all her daughters chaste and courteous.

The way to fame, is like the way to heaven,--through much tribulation.

Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers?

So often has my judgment deceived me in my life, that I always suspect it, right or wrong,--at least I am seldom hot upon cold subjects. For all this, I reverence truth as much as any body; andif a man will but take me by the hand, and go quietly and search for itI'll go to the world's end with him:MBut I hate disputes.