There Is Not A More Pleasante Exercise

Nothing, Says Longinus, Can Be Great, The Contempt Of Which Is Great.

Heaven Is Not To Be Looked Upon Only As The Reward, But The Natural Effect, Of A Religious Life.

The Only Way Therefore To Try A Piece Of Wit, Is To Translate It Into A Different Language: If It Bears The Test You May Pronounceit True; But If It Vanishes In The Experiment You May Conclude It To Have Been A Punn.

The Schoolboy Counts The Time Till The Return Of The Holidays; The Minor Longs To Be Of Age; The Lover Is Impatient Till He Is Married.

Mutability Of Temper And Inconsistency With Ourselves Is The Greatest Weakness Of Human Nature.