Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

Nothing so difficult as a beginning In poesy, unless perhaps the end.

What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry.

Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

Man is a carnivorous production, And must have meals, at least one meal a day; He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction, But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey; Although his anatomical construction Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way, Your laboring people think beyond all question, Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion.

I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.