[science Is] The Desire To Know Causes.

We May Be Willing To Tell A Story Twice, Never To Hear It More Than Once.

A Taste For Liberal Art Is Necessary To Complete The Character Of A Gentleman, Science Alone Is Hard And Mechanical. It Exercises The Understanding Upon Things Out Of Ourselves, While It Leaves The Affections Unemployed, Or Engrossed With Our Own Immediate, Narrow Interests.

Learning Is Its Own Exceeding Great Reward.

Society Is A More Level Surface Than We Imagine. Wise Men Or Absolute Fools Are Hard To Be Met With, As There Are Few Giants Or Dwarfs.

People Are Not Soured By Misfortune, But By The Reception They Meet With In It.