I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the power of discernment with much vigour when selflove favors the deceit.

Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.

A writer who obtains his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre.

The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.

Depend upon it, sir, it is when you come close to a man in conservation that you discover what his real abilities are; to make a speech in a public assembly is a knack.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.