There are proud men of so much delicacy that it almost conceals their pride, and perfectly excuses it.

If there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt, if there were no doubt, there would be no inquiry; if no inquiry, no wisdom, no knowledge, no genius; and Fancy herself would lie muffled up in her robe, inactive, pale, and bloated.

An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

It appears to be among the laws of nature, that the mighty of intellect should be pursued and carped by the little, as the solitary flight of one great bird is followed by the twittering petulance of many smaller.

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.

In the morn of life we are alert, we are heated in its noon, and only in its decline do we repose.

It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.