Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.

To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar

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.

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful.

The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.

No one will persist long in helping someone who will not help themselves.