I do not see, Sir, that it is reasonable for a man to be angry at another, whom a woman has preferred to him; but angry he is, no doubt; and he is loath to be angry at himself.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud.

He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own conviction, and guards others from delusion; but steadiness of belief, and boldness of profession, are yet only part of the form of godliness.

New arts are long in the world before poets describe them; for they borrow everything from their predecessors, and commonly derive very little from nature or from life.

A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him.