The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow.

The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.

How success changes the opinion of men!

The labor of thinking was so great to me, that having once come to a conclusion upon any subject, I would rather persist in it, right or wrong, than be at the trouble of going over the process again to revise and rectify my judgment.

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy prospect of futurity shall vanish only with my existence.