A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.

They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun.

It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed.

Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.