We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember.

He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly: he may cheat at cards genteelly

It was said of Euripides, that every verse was a precept; and it may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence.

I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.

The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.

There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.