The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.

The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate.

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.

It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the nicest judgment always distinguish accidental similitude from artful imitation.

Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.