Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

But winter lingering chills the lap of May.

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

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!

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youth learn a knowledge of the world.