Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.

There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly-but then less is learned there; so what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar; since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies.

A small country town is not the place in which one would choose to quarrel with a wife; every human being in such places is a spy.