Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.

A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually the Miserere mei of Psalm 51.

The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.