There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!
The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.
Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel.
Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.
Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.