No Man Is A Hypocrite In His

The Resolution Of The Combat Is Seldom Equal To The Vehemence Of The Charge.

I Have Found Men To Be More Kind Than I Expected, And Less Just.

Prejudice Is A Great Time-saver. You Can Form Opinions Without Having To Get The Facts. Prejudice Not Being Founded On Reason Cannot Be Removed By Argument.

A Successful Author Is Equally In Danger Of The Diminution Of His Fame, Whether He Continues Or Ceases To Write. The Regard Of The Public Is Not To Be Kept But By Tribute, And The Remembrance Of Past Service Will Quickly Languish Unless Successive Performances Frequently Revive It. Yet In Every New Attempt There Is New Hazard, And There Are Few Who Do Not, At Some Unlucky Time, Injure Their Own Characters By Attempting To Enlarge Them.

The Business Of A Poet Is To Examine Not The Individual But The Species; To Remark General Properties And Large Appearances.