He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.

Resentment is a union of sorrow with malignity; a combination of a passion which all endeavor to avoid with a passion which all concur to detest.

We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves.

The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside

Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before; Sleep undisturb'd within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine!

The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning requires that they should be discovered and stigmatized, before they have the sanction of antiquity conferred upon them, and become precedents of indisputable authority.