It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.

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.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.

While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate him by his best.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.