For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws.

Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.

The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted, varied with shades, and scented with flowers.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.

Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its uneasiness, which those who do not feel them will not commiserate. An event which spreads distraction over half the commercial world, assembles the trading companies in councils and committees, and shakes the nerves of a thousand stockjobbers, is read by the landlord and the farmer with frigid indifference.