He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber

All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle