Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.
The great source of pleasure is variety.
While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate him by his best.
Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.