It Has Been Said That England Invented

An Inability To Stay Quiet Is One Of The Conspicuous Failings Of Mankind.

Civilized Ages Inherit The Human Nature Which Was Victorious In Barbarous Ages, And That Nature Is, In Many Respects, Not At All Suited To Civilized Circumstances.

The Most Melancholy Of Human Reflections, Perhaps, Is That, On The Whole, It Is A Question Whether The Benevolence Of Mankind Does Most Good Or Harm.

Throughout The Greater Part Of His Life George Iii Was A Kind Of 'consecrated Obstruction'.

There Seems To Be An Unalterable Contradiction Between The Human Mind And Its Employments. How Can A Soul Be A Merchant? What Relation To An Immortal Being Have The Price Of Linseed, The Brokerage On Hemp? Can An Undying Creature Debit Petty Expenses And Charge For Carriage Paid? The Soul Ties Its Shoes; The Mind Washes Its Hands In A Basin. All Is Incongruous.