He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.

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

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.

You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.

Unintelligible language is a lantern without a light.

A newswriter is a man without virtue, who lies at home for his own profit.

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?