The English (it Must Be Owned) Are

Mankind Are So Ready To Bestow Their Admiration On The Dead, Because The Latter Do Not Hear It, Or Because It Gives No Pleasure To The Objects Of It. Even Fame Is The Offspring Of Envy.

Nothing Is More Unjust Or Capricious Than Public Opinion.

Honesty Is One Part Of Eloquence. We Persuade Others By Being In Earnest Ourselves.

The Surest Hindrance Of Success Is To Have Too High A Standard Of Refinement In Our Own Minds, Or Too High An Opinion Of The Judgment Of The Public. He Who Is Determined Not To Be Satisfied With Anything Short Of Perfection Will Never Do Anything To Please Himself Or Others.

It Is Better To Be Able Neither To Read Nor Write Than To Be Able To Do Nothing Else.