In sovereignty there are no gradations.

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.

He who writes much will not easily escape a manner, such a recurrence of particular modes as may be easily noted.

To be prejudiced is always to be weak

Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.

I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it.

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.