Life Is But Sighs; And, When They

Contentment Is Better Than Divinations Or Visions.

We Fancy We Suffer From Ingratitude, While In Reality We Suffer From Self-love.

Every Good Writer Has Much Idiom; It Is The Life And Spirit Of Language.

Of All Studies, The Most Delightful And The Most Useful Is Biography. The Seeds Of Great Events Lie Near The Surface; Historians Delve Too Deep For Them. No History Was Ever True. Lives I Have Read Which, If They Were Not, Had The Appearance, The Interest, And The Utility Of Truth.

He Who First Praises A Book Becomingly Is Next In Merit To The Author.