Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.

And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.

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

I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.

Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.