It Is By Vivacity And Wit That

Wise People May Say What They Will, But One Passion Is Never Cured By Another.

Idleness Is Only The Refuge Of Weak Minds.

To Write Anything Tolerable, The Mind Must Be In A Natural, Proper Disposition; Provocatives, In That Case, As Well As In Another,will Only Produce Miserable, Abortive Performances.

In My Mind, There Is Nothing So Illiberal, And So Ill-bred, As Audible Laughter.

May You Live As Long As You Are Fit To Live, But No Longer, Or, May You Rather Die Before You Cease To Be Fit To Live Than After!