There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.

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

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.

The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their cause, which is only the cause of humanity, to their own spleen, vanity, and self-opinion.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.