All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.

A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.

There are but few talents requisite to become a popular preacher; for the people are easily pleased if they perceive any endeavors in the orator to please them. The meanest qualifications will work this effect if the preacher sincerely sets about it.

Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

Wealth accumulates, and men decay.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.