The process is the reality.

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.

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

It was said of Euripides, that every verse was a precept; and it may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence.

Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

Every man has some favorite topic of conversation, on which, by a feigned seriousness of attention, he may be drawn to expatiate without end.