It Requires But Little Acquaintance With The

Pity Is Not Natural To Man. Children Are Always Cruel. Savages Are Always Cruel. Pity Is Acquired And Improved By The Cultivation Of Reason. We May Have Uneasy Sensations From Seeing A Creature In Distress, Without Pity; For We Have Not Pity Unless We Wish To Relieve Them.

Cautious Age Suspects The Flattering Form, And Only Credits What Experience Tells.

I Am A Friend To Subordination, As Most Conducive To The Happiness Of Society. There Is A Reciprocal Pleasure In Governing And Being Governed.

Large Offers And Sturdy Rejections Are Among The Most Common Topics Of Falsehood.

All Argument Is Against It; But All Belief Is For It.