There Is But One Pride Pardonable; That

People Of Little Understanding Are Most Apt To Be Angry When Their Sense Is Called Into Question.

The Nature Of Familiar Letters, Written, As It Were, To The Moment, While The Heart Is Agitated By Hopes And Fears, On Events Undecided, Must Plead An Excuse For The Bulk Of A Collection Of This Kind. Mere Facts And Characters Might Be Comprised In A Much Smaller Compass: But, Would They Be Equally Interesting?

What Pleasure Can Those Over-happy Persons Know, Who, From Their Affluence And Luxury, Always Eat Before They Are Hungry And Drink Before They Are Thirsty?

For Tutors, Although They May Make Youth Learned, Do Not Always Make Them Virtuous.

We All Know By Theory That There Is No Permanent Happiness In This Life: But The Weight Of The Precept Is Not Felt In The Same Manner As When It Is Confirmed To Us By A Heavy Calamity.