Sam Softly was bred a sugar-baker; but succeeding to a considerable estate on the death of his elder brother, he retired early from business.

Whatever is useful or honourable will be desired by many who never can obtain it; and that which cannot be obtained when it is desired, artifice or folly will be diligent to counterfeit.

It is common to overlook what is near, by keeping the eye fixed upon something remote.

The use of English oratory is only at the bar, in the parliament, and in the church.