Profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon, that gradually involves her followers in dependence and debt; that is, fetters them with irons that enter into their souls.

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

Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.

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

The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

General irregularities are known in time to remedy themselves. By the constitution of ancient Egypt, the priesthood was continually increasing, till at length there was no people beside themselves; the establishment was then dissolved, and the number of priests was reduced and limited. Thus among us, writers will, perhaps, be multiplied, till no readers will be found, and then the ambition of writing must necessarily cease.