The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

Habit in most cases hardens and encrusts by taking away the keener edge of our sensations: but does it not in others quicken and refine, by giving a mechanical facility and by engrafting an acquired sense?

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

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

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake.