A family ... is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.

Hoc age ['do this'] is the great rule, whether you are serious or merry; whether ... learning science or duty from a folio, or floating on the Thames. Intentions must be gathered from acts.

And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.

Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.