It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where the passions are ready to receive it.

In this work are exhibited, in a very high degree, the two most engaging powers of an author. New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.

There are, indeed, few kinds of composition from which an author, however learned or ingenious, can hope a long continuance of fame.

Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting.

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.

Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.