"The keen spirit Seizes the prompt occasion, makes the thought Start into instant action, and at once Plans and perfor…"

"A crown! what is it?"

"... There's a joy, To the fond votaries of fame unknown, To hear the still small voice of conscience speak In whisp'r…"

"To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!"

"Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs."

"Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes."

"That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an ar…"

"Hannah More was one of the last of the group of learned ladies who had known Johnson, though Madame d'Arblay survived…"

"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"

"Very few of the old s interfere with the duties of their assistants, but there be men who seem to think you have mere…"