Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
He that runs may read.
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.