The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.

A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.