The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century.

Power dwells with cheerfulness.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

We take care of our health; we lay up money; we make our roof tight, and our clothing sufficient; but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all, -friends?

They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it.

That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.

Children and savages use only nouns or names of things, which they convert into verbs, and apply to analogous mental acts.