Language Is The Dress Of Thought.

Applause Abates Diligence.

Confidence Is A Plant Of Slow Growth; Especially In An Aged Bosom

To Paint Things As They Are Requires A Minute Attention, And Employs The Memory Rather Than The Fancy.

Curiosity Is One Of The Permanent And Certain Characteristics Of A Vigorous Intellect. Every Advance Into Knowledge Opens New Prospects, And Produces New Incitements To Farther Progress.

Critics Ought Never To Be Consulted, But While Errors May Yet Be Rectified Or Insipidity Suppressed. But When The Book Has Once Been Dismissed Into The World, And Can Be No More Retouched, I Know Not Whether A Very Different Conduct Should Not Be Prescribed, And Whether Firmness And Spirit May Not Sometimes Be Of Use To Overpower Arrogance And Repel Brutality.