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.

Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.

May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.

I am thankful that my name in obnoxious to no pun.

A court of heraldry sprung up to supply the place of crusade exploits, to grant imaginary shields and trophies to families that never wore real armor, and it is but of late that it has been discovered to have no real jurisdiction.