Were I to be angry at men being fools, I could here find ample room for declamation; but, alas! I have been a fool myself; and why should I be angry with them for being something so natural to every child of humanity?

It world be well had we more misers than we have among us.

Whatever be the motives which induce men to write,--whether avarice or fame,--the country becomes more wise and happy in which they most serve for instructors.

Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly.

But winter lingering chills the lap of May.