Whisky making is the art of making poison pleasant
Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.
He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.
Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.
The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.