We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having

Few minds wear out; more rust out

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.