I hate to see prudence clinging to the green suckers of youth; 'tis like ivy round a sapling, and spoils the growth of the tree..

The throne we honour is the people's choice..

A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing..

Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses.

In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the in….

A progeny of learning..

Though I never scruple a lie to serve my Master, it hurts one's conscience to be found out!.

She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile..

Wit loses its point when dipped in malice..

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over..

The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make it a rule never to lo….

Easy writings curse is hard reading..

There is no trusting appearances..

I leave my character behind me..

I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a….

Self confidence is the ground stone of success.

Here is the whole set! a character dead at every word..

Believe that story false that ought not to be true..

Fame, the sovereign deity of proud ambition..

Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness..

Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling "Peregrine Pickle" under the toilette -throw "Roderick Random" into the closet -put "The In….