The heroes of literary history have been no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved.
Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'
Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science.
Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Admiration must be continued by that novelty which first produces it; and how much soever is given, there must always be reason to imagine that more remains.