Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.

I respect Millar, sir: he has raised the price of literature.

He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

He that shall peruse the political pamphlets of any past reign will wonder why they were so eagerly read, or so loudly praised.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Self-love is a busy prompter.