It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to s different species.

The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

Political truth is libel; religious truth, blasphemy.

There is room enough in human life to crowd almost every art and science in it. If we pass ""no day without a line""-visit no place without the company of a book-we may with ease fill libraries or empty them of their contents. The more we do, the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love.