Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses - that man your navy, and recruit your army - that have enabled you to defy the world, and can also defy you when neglect and calamity have driven them to despair. You may call the people a mob; but do not forget that a mob too often speaks the sentiments of the people.

When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted, To sever for years.

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Armenian is the language to speak with God.

The busy have no time for tears.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.