No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius.

Grief is a species of idleness.

Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .

Everybody loves to have things which please the palate put in their way, without trouble or preparation.

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression; we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past.

You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him.

A writer who obtains his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre.