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

What real good does an addition to a fortune already sufficient procure? Not any. Could the great man, by having his fortune increased, increase also his appetites, then precedence might be attended with real amusement.

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.

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

While selfishness joins hands with no one of the virtues, benevolence is allied to them all.

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.