And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.

Our Garrick 's a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!

An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

Little things are great to little men.

We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.

Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified his appetite with calumny makes ever after the most agreeable feast upon murdered reputations!

Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry.