Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.

The coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband?

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,- Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.

There are, indeed, few kinds of composition from which an author, however learned or ingenious, can hope a long continuance of fame.

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.

The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.