Men Know No Medium: They Will Either,

A Good Man, Though He Will Value His Own Countrymen, Yet Will Think As Highly Of The Worthy Men Of Every Nation Under The Sun.

An Acquaintance With The Muses, In The Education Of Youth, Contributes Not A Little To Soften Manners. It Gives A Delicate Turn To The Imagination And A Polish To The Mind.

All Human Excellence Is But Comparative — There Are Persons Who Excel Us, As Much As We Fancy We Excel The Meanest.

We All Know By Theory That There Is No Permanent Happiness In This Life: But The Weight Of The Precept Is Not Felt In The Same Manner As When It Is Confirmed To Us By A Heavy Calamity.

Evil Courses Can Yield Pleasure No Longer Than While Thought And Reflection Can Be Kept Off.