All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them.

Paradise is where I am

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.