An author places himself uncalled before the tribunal of criticism and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace.

It is much easier not to write like a man than to write like a woman.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

Towering is the confidence of twenty-one.

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him.

There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.