A person that would secure to himself great deference will, perhaps, gain his point by silence as effectually as by anything he can say.

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.

Let the gulled fool the toil of war pursue, where bleed the many to enrich the few.

A person that would secure to himself great deference will, perhaps, gain his point by silence as effectually as by anything he can say.

The works of a person that begin immediately to decay, while those of him who plants begin directly to improve. In this, planting promises a more lasting pleasure than building; which, were it to remain in equal perfection, would at best begin to moulder and want repairs in imagination. Now trees have a circumstance that suits our taste, and that is annual variety.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.