Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to each other.

Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.

The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.

Ignorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope.

Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased.