Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

A rich dress adds but little to the beauty of a person. It may possibly create a deference, but that is rather an enemy to love.

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

In a heavy oppressive atmosphere, when the spirits sink too low, the best cordial is to read over all the letters of one's friends.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice; whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.