I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance, there are min

All imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence.

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence.

The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.

The specualtist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity; and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows less.

It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.