I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

In this work are exhibited, in a very high degree, the two most engaging powers of an author. New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.

The business of life is to go forward; he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, and he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it. That which is feared may sometimes be avoided, but that which is regretted to-day may be regretted again to-morrow.

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.