The Flame Of Anger, Bright And Brief,

Fleas Know Not Whether They Are Upon The Body Of A Giant Or Upon One Of Ordinary Size.

A Critic Is Never Too Severe When He Only Detects The Faults Of An Author. But He Is Worse Than Too Severe When, In Consequence Of This Detection, Be Presumes To Place Himself On A Level With Genius.

I Never Did A Single Wise Thing In The Whole Course Of My Existence, Although I Have Written Many Which Have Been Thought So.

Let A Gentleman Be Known To Have Been Cheated Of Twenty Pounds, And It Costs Him Forty A-year For The Remainder Of His Life.

Absurdities Are Great Or Small In Proportion To Custom Or Insuetude.