Poetry Is A Kind Of Ingenious Nonsense

There Do Remain Dispersed In The Soil Of Human Nature Divers Seeds Of Goodness, Of Benignity, Of Ingenuity, Which, Being Cherished, Excited, And Quickened By Good Culture, Do, By Common Experience, Thrust Out Flowers Very Lovely, And Yield Fruits Very Pleasant Of Virtue And Goodness.

Even Private Persons In Due Season, With Discretion And Temper, May Reprove Others, Whom They Observe To Commit Sin, Or Follow Bad Courses, Out Of Charitable Design, And With Hope To Reclaim Them.

It Is Commonly Said That Revenge Is Sweet, But To A Calm And Considerate Mind, Patience And Forgiveness Are Sweeter.

The Reading Of Books, What Is It But Conversing With The Wisest Men Of All Ages And All Countries.

It Is Safe To Make A Choice Of Your Thoughts, Scarcely Ever Safe To Express Them All.