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.

Home! With what different sensations different people pronounce and hear that word pronounced!

The everlasting quotation-lover dotes on the husks of learning.

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

How success changes the opinion of men!

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

It is not so easy to do good as those who have never attempted it may imagine.