So true it is, that nature has caprices which art cannot imitate.

History begins in novel and ends in essay.

Thus, then, stands the case. It is good, that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing the good.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!

We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary.