All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.

It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of malignant spirits.

Do you want to know the man against whom you have most reason to guard yourself? Your looking-glass will give you a very fair likeness of his face.

A certain class of novels may with propriety be called fables.

The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind.

Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.

Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves.