And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust. He that writes the history of his own times, if he adhere steadily to truth, will write that which his own times will not easily endure. He must be content to reposite his book till all private passions shall cease, and love and hatred give way to curiosity.

The joy of life is variety.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

It is commonly a weak man who marries for love.

The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate.