The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.
The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
Dandyism is a variety of genius.
To write a genuine familiar or truly English style is to write as anyone would speak in common conversation, who had a thorough command and choice of words, or who could discourse with ease, force, and perspicuity, setting aside all pedantic and oratorical flourishes.
To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness.