To be rude is as good as being clever.
Experience teaches, it is true; but she never teaches in time.
Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.
Memory has many conveniences, and, among others, that of foreseeing things as they have afterwards happened.
A preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical.
Affection exaggerates its own offenses.