Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, to buried merit raise the tardy bust.

Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility.

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.

Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.