Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses, or will soon lose them.

The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of letters. His ruling passion is the love of fame.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.

Good temper is an estate for life.

A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.