He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

Avarice is always poor.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.

We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

Nothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend.