Pleasure Is A Thief To Business.

This Town Of Sheffield Is Very Populous And Large, The Streets Narrow, And The Houses Dark And Black, Occasioned By The Continued Smoke Of The Forges, Which Are Always At Work: Here They Make All Sorts Of Cutlery-ware, But Especially That Of Edged-tools, Knives, Razors, Axes, &. And Nails

Redemption From Sin Is Greater Then Redemption From Affliction.

No Man Of Common Sense Will Value A Woman The Less, For Not Giving Herself Up At The First Attack, Or For Not Accepting His Proposal Without Enquiring Into His Person Or Character; On The Contrary, He Must Think Her The Weakest Of All Creatures In The World, As The Rate Of Men Now Goes; In Short, He Must Have A Very Contemptible Opinion Of Her Capacities, Nay, Even Of Her Understanding, That Having But One Cast For Her Life, Shall Cast That Life Away At Once, And Make Matrimony Like Death, Be A Leap In The Dark.

He That Opposes His Own Judgment Against The Current Of The Times, Ought To Be Back'd With Unanswerable Truths; And He That Has That Truth On His Side, Is A Fool, As Well As A Coward, If He Is Afraid To Own It, Because Of The Currency Or Multitude Of Other Mens Opinions.

It Happen'd One Day About Noon Going Towards My Boat, I Was Exceedingly Surpriz'd With The Print Of A Man's Naked Foot On The Shore.