Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.

A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.

Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.

The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.