~ Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances. It is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest. They support themselves by temporary expedients, and every day is lost in contriving for tomorrow. ~  ~ Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire. ~ ~ Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetic ~ ~ Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence. His name, like a shuttlecock, must be beat backward and forward, or it falls to the ground. ~ ~ If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons ~ ~ There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow ~ ~ It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation ~ ~ Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep ~ ~ Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ~ Most Popular Topics:
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