Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.

The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.

He endearing elegance of female friendship.

None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man's mind grows narrow in a narrow place.