That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, and fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.
One hates an author that's all author.
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!
Damn description, it is always disgusting.