The Europeans are themselves blind who describe fortune without sight. No first-rate beauty ever had finer eyes, or saw more clearly. They who have no other trade but seeking their fortune need never hope to find her; coquette-like, she flies from her close pursuers, and at last fixes on the plodding mechanic who stays at home and minds his business.

I have visited many countries, and have been in cities without number, yet never did I enter a town which could not produce ten or twelve little great men; all fancying themselves known to the rest of the world, and complimenting each other upon their extensive reputation.

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

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

Absence, like death, sets a seal on the image of those we love: we cannot realize the intervening changes which time may have effected.

If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.