Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.
It is in refinement and elegance that the civilized man differs from the savage.
Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.
It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.