A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.