Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

Leave to Heaven the measure and the choice.

There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.

The relief of enemies has a tendency to unite mankind in fraternal affection.

The business of a poet is to examine not the individual but the species; to remark general properties and large appearances.

If a man begins to read in the middle of a book, and feels an inclination to go on, let him not quit it to go to the beginning. He may perhaps not feel again the inclination.