The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare.

Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice.

No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

Profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon, that gradually involves her followers in dependence and debt; that is, fetters them with irons that enter into their souls.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.