Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.
Books wind into the heart.
Abuse is an indirect species of homage.
We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any other person's.
Knowledge is pleasure as well as power.
Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.