It is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with it.

To buried merit rise the tardy bust.

Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them.

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

Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.