A Man should be tardy in the choice of his friends, but lasting in the remembrance of them.

Paris is all Superfluity, London all Solidity.

Many fools travel in Foreign Countries in search of new Wonders, without being acquainted with half the Curiosities of their own.

My friend has but few faults, but wherever he raises a Storm the bolt is sure to break on his own head.

The Son of Napoleon is more legitimate on the throne of France than the present Dynasty on that of England.

Cassius would fain degrade the great Julius for his want of bodily strength, but the World will ever remember that to that alone they owe the enjoyment and Instruction that his Commentaries afford.

We are all clever in our own Eyes.

Whatever is great and noble in the Acts of Men may be found in the history of ancient times, and whatever is mean and despicable will be found among the moderns.

To read the various Histories of the ancients seems like breathing the Atmosphere of Health and Liberty, but when we come down to the relation of our more modern exploits it seems like being shut up in some monkish Cell, and sometimes affects the head with a feeling that we experience in Childhood at the recital of some gothic story some dull old fashioned Mansion, or the dreams of such in the Nightmare.

Got a long & tedious poem in hand, wonder if it will ever come into the Class-book.

I have received repeated injury from a Man who has long professed to be my friend; lately having detected him in several treacherous transactions I resolved to be revenged on him, when in the height of passion, I thought of a more glorious revenge and so forgave him.

It is a hard matter to proclaim an Error universal, yet there seems to be something very like it when we see the difference paid to natural Abilities over acquired. A Man who is born with good natural abilities with very little Industry or exertion attain much Celebrity, while those who are of a dull disposition naturally with every care and desire to amend, will scarcely find half the encouragement in the World.