Pointed axioms and acute replies fly loose about the world, and are assigned successively to those whom it may be the fashion to celebrate.

I do not know, sir, that the fellow is an infidel; but if he be an infidel, he is an infidel as a dog is an infidel; that is to say, he has never thought upon the subject.

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much.

Shakespeare never had more than 6 lines together without a fault.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

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