Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

Fools are very often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods are the most closely glued together.

I trimmed my lamp, consumed the midnight oil.

Critics must excuse me if I compare them to certain animals called asses, who, by gnawing vines, originally taught the great advantage of pruning them.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

It is true there is nothing displays a genius, I mean a quickness of genius, more than a dispute; as two diamonds, encountering, contribute to each other's luster. But perhaps the odds is much against the man of taste in this particular.

Love can be founded upon Nature only.