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Fables Take Off From The Severity Of Instruction, And Enforce It At The Same Time That They Conceal It.

A Man Improves More By Reading The Story Of A Person Eminent For Prudence And Virtue, Than By The Finest Rules And Precepts Of Morality.

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 Most Skillful Flattery Is To Let A Person Talk On, And Be A Listener.

Physic Is, For The Most Part, Only A Substitute For Temperance And Exercise.