He Who Attempts To Do All Will

As Not Every Instance Of Similitude Can Be Considered As A Proof Of Imitation, So Not Every Imitation Ought To Be Stigmatised As Plagiarism. The Adoption Of A Noble Sentiment, Or The Insertion Of A Borrowed Ornament, May Sometimes Display So Much Judgment As Will Almost Compensate For Invention; And An Inferior Genius May, Without Any Imputation Of Servility, Pursue The Paths Of The Ancients, Provided He Declines To Tread In Their Footsteps.

Human Life Is Everywhere A State In Which Much Is To Be Endured, And Little To Be Enjoyed.

There May Be Community Of Material Possessions, But There Can Never Be Community Of Love Or Esteem.

I Do Not Care To Speak Ill Of A Man Behind His Back, But I Believe He Is An Attorney.

To Tell Of Disappointment And Misery, To Thicken The Darkness Of Futurity, And Perplex The Labyrinth Of Uncertainty, Has Been Always A Delicious Employment Of The Poets