Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.

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.

A large, branching, aged oak is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects.

Prudent men lock up their motives, letting familiars have a key to their hearts, as to their garden.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.

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