Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.

Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

To go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it; and seeing one is quite enough.

An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly repay the labors of industry, and generally satisfy the most extensive desires, if no part of it be suffered to lie in waste by negligence, to be overrun with noxious plants, or laid out for show rather than for use.

If useless thoughts could be expelled from the mind, all the valuable parts of our knowledge would more frequently recur.

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased.