I Was Condemned To Be Beheaded, Or

The Motives To Actions And The Inward Turns Of Mind Seem In Our Opinion More Necessary To Be Known Than The Actions Themselves; And Much Rather Would We Choose That Our Reader Should Clearly Understand What Our Principal Actors Think Than What They Do.

The Words Of Kindness Are More Healing To A Drooping Heart Than Balm Or Honey.

On The Wings Of Fancy, Gentle Readers, Bear Yourselves Into The Mid-air, Where By Imagination You May Form A Large Stupendous Castle.

Flattery In Courtship Is The Highest Insolence, For Whilst It Pretends To Bestow On You More Than You Deserve, It Is Watching An Opportunity To Take From You What You Really Have.

I Fancied I Had Some Constancy Of Mind Because I Could Bear My Own Sufferings, But Found Through The Sufferings Of Others I Could Be Weakened Like A Child.