Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a presen

He who praises everybody, praises nobody

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries of time he should impute the seeming defects of his author to some chasm of intelligence, and suppose that the sense which is now weak was once forcible

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

There are multitudes whose life is nothing but a continuous lottery who are always within a few months of plenty and happiness, and how often soever they are mocked with blanks, expect a prize from the next adventure

Why, life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford