I appeal to you, Mr. Idler, whether any thing could be more civil, more complaisant, than this?

To be a good man in a college, is to be learned; in a camp, to be brave; and in the city, to be rich.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

It has been commonly remarked, that eminent men are least eminent at home, that bright characters lose much of their splendour at a nearer view.