A Translator Is To Be Like His

Solitude Is The Surest Nurse Of All Prurient Passions, And A Girl In The Hurry Of Preparation, Or Tumult Of Gaiety, Has Neither Inclination Nor Leisure To Let Tender Expressions Soften Or Sink Into Her Heart. The Ball, The Show, Are Not The Dangerous Places: No, 'tis The Private Friend, The Kind Consoler, The Companion Of The Easy Vacant Hour, Whose Compliance With Her Opinions Can Flatter Her Vanity, And Whose Conversation Can Sooth, Without Ever Stretching Her Mind, That Is The Lover To Be Feared: He Who Buzzes In Her Ear At Court, Or At The Opera, Must Be Contented To Buzz In Vain.

The Whole World Is Put In Motion By The Wish For Riches And The Dread Of Poverty.

Corneille Is To Shakespeare As A Clipped Hedge Is To A Forest.

No Member Of A Society Has A Right To Teach Any Doctrine Contrary To What The Society Holds To Be True.

He That Wishes To See His Country Robbed Of Its Rights Cannot Be A Patriot.