No Modest Man Ever Did Or Ever

Writers Of Novels And Romance In General Bring A Double Loss To Their Readers; Robbing Them Of Their Time And Money; Representing Men, Manners, And Things, That Never Have Been, Or Are Likely To Be.

My Dear Smollett ... Disgraces His Talent By Writing Those Stupid Romances Called History.

Men Are Vile Inconstant Toads.

My Chief Study All My Life Has Been To Lighten Misfortunes And Multiply Pleasures, As Far As Human Nature Can.

Begin Nothing Without Considering What The End May Be.