If you were to make little fis...

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

A volcano may be considered as...

A volcano may be considered as a cannon of immense size.

The first blow is half the bat...

The first blow is half the battle.

They liked the book better the...

They liked the book better the more it made them cry.

This same philosophy is a good...

This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.

Crimes generally punish themse...

Crimes generally punish themselves.

Who pepper'd the highest was s...

Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

Modesty seldom resides in a br...

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Our chief comforts often produ...

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

So the loud torrent, and the w...

So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.

Good people all, with one acco...

Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.

As writers become more numerou...

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Sweet Auburn, loveliest villag...

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.

All is not gold that glitters,...

All is not gold that glitters,
Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters

A book may be very amusing wit...

A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.

Politeness is the result of go...

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

He who fights and runs away

He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day...

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Of all kinds of ambition, that...

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Elegy of the Death of a Mad Do...

Elegy of the Death of a Mad Dog The dog, to gain some praivate ends, Went mad and bit the man.

Silence is become his mother t...

Silence is become his mother tongue.