I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.

I live on good soup, not on fine words.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws. [Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois, Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. [Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la tete d'un livre.]

Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety