The Future Is Purchased By The Present.

To Read, Write, And Converse In Due Proportions, Is, Therefore, The Business Of A Man Of Letters.

For Gold The Hireling Judge Distorts The Laws.

Men Seldom Give Pleasure When They Are Not Pleased Themselves.

The Whole Of Life Is But Keeping Away The Thoughts Of Death.

The Mental Disease Of The Present Generation Is Impatience Of Study, Contempt Of The Great Masters Of Ancient Wisdom, And A Disposition To Rely Wholly Upon Unassisted Genius And Natural Sagacity. The Wits Of These Happy Days Have Discovered A Way To Fame, Which The Dull Caution Of Our Laborious Ancestors Durst Never Attempt; They Cut The Knots Of Sophistry, Which It Was Formerly The Business Of Years To Untie, Solve Difficulties By Sudden Irradiations Of Intelligence, And Comprehend Long Processes Of Argument By Immediate Intuition.