Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.

An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.

It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where the passions are ready to receive it.

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and, as he stands upon the same precipice, be swept away with the same violence.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.