They who look but little into futurity, have, perhaps, the quickest sensation of the present.

The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected; and if those are not sufficient to sink them into infamy, an individual weight of calumny will be super-added.

In his comic scenes, Shakespeare seems to produce, without labor, what no labor can improve.

Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

It is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. You may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learned them both.

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