Such is the constitution of Man that labor may be said to be its own re-ward.

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed their existence; it requires what it cannot hope, that the laws of the universe should be repealed; that the dead should return, or the past should be recalled.

A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

Philosophy has often attempted to repress insolence by asserting that all conditions are leveled by death; a position which, however it may defect the happy, will seldom afford much comfort to the wretched.

Whatever is proposed, it is much easier to find reasons for rejecting than embracing.

Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.