Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct

Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.

But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite to the great and mean, to the celebrated and obscure; the art of moderating the desires, of repressing the appetites; and of conciliating or retaining the favour of mankind.

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write. The regard of the public is not to be kept but by tribute, and the remembrance of past service will quickly languish unless successive performances frequently revive it. Yet in every new attempt there is new hazard, and there are few who do not, at some unlucky time, injure their own characters by attempting to enlarge them.

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.

Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.