I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.

In all the silent manliness of grief.

An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.

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

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.

When we take a slight survey of the surface of our globe a thousand objects offer themselves which, though long known, yet still demand our curiosity.