A Wonder Lasts But Nine Days, And

Wisdom Is The Talent Of Buying Virtuous Pleasures At The Cheapest Rate.

The Only Source Of The True Ridiculous (as It Appears To Me) Is Affectation

These Are Called The Pious Frauds Of Friendship.

Neither Great Poverty Nor Great Riches Will Hear Reason

Want Compassion Is Not To Be Numbered Among The General Faults Of Mankind. The Black Ingredient Which Fouls Our Disposition Is Envy. Hence Our Eyes, It Is To Be Feared, Are Seldom Turned Up To Those Who Are Manifestly Greater, Better, Wiser, Or Happier Than Ourselves, Without Some Degree Of Malignity, We Commonly Look Downward On The Mean And Miserable With Sufficient Benevolence And Pity.