It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all
We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it
A sanctimonious man is one who under an atheist king would be atheist
We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice
The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.
The majority of men devote the greater part of their lives to making their remaining years unhappy.
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable
There is nothing of which men are so fond, and withal so careless, as life
Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty
