Learning, like money, may be of so base a coin as to be utterly void of use.

Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross, though the extract or tincture be ever so agreeable.

Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.

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.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?

Immoderate assurance is perfect licentiousness.