There Is No Eloquence Which Does Not

The Habit Of Pleasing By Flattery Makes A Language Soft; The Fear Of Offending By Truth Makes It Circuitous And Conventional.

Let A Gentleman Be Known To Have Been Cheated Of Twenty Pounds, And It Costs Him Forty A-year For The Remainder Of His Life.

Piety--warm, Soft, And Passive As The Ether Round The Throne Of Grace--is Made Callous And Inactive By Kneeling Too Much.

Political Men, Like Goats, Usually Thrive Best Among Inequalities.

Modesty And Diffidence Make A Man Unfit For Public Affairs; They Also Make Him Unfit For Brothels.