Next in criminality to him who violates the laws of his country, is he who violates the language.

The assailant is often in the right; that the assailed is always.

Religion is the eldest sister of philosophy: on whatever subjects they may differ, it is unbecoming in either to quarrel, and most so about their inheritance.

Next in criminality to him who violates the laws of his country, is he who violates the language.

Cats like men are flatterers.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Was genius ever ungrateful? Mere talents are dry leaves, tossed up and down by gusts of passion, and scattered and swept away; but, Genius lies on the bosom of Memory, and Gratitude at her feet.