I Look Upon Indolence As A Sort

Speak Of The Moderns Without Contempt And Of The Ancients Without Idolatry; Judge Them All By Their Merits, But Not By Their Age

The Greatest Powers Cannot Injure A Man's Character Whose Reputation Is Unblemished Among His Party.

Most Arts Require Long Study And Application, But The Most Useful Art Of All, That Of Pleasing, Requires Only The Desire.

Cottages Have Them (falsehood And Dissimulation) As Well As Courts, Only With Worse Manners.

Absolute Power Can Only Be Supported By Error, Ignorance And Prejudice.