He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt.

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.

There is a desire of property in the sanest and best men, which Nature seems to have implanted as conservative of her works, and which is necessary to encourage and keep alive the arts.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.