Nay, Sir, those who write in them, write well, in order to be paid well.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.

Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other.

Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

If you want to be a writer, then write. Write every day!

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.