Surely, It Is Much Easier To Respect

A Man May Be So Much Of Everything That He Is Nothing Of Anything.

Everybody Loves To Have Things Which Please The Palate Put In Their Way, Without Trouble Or Preparation.

No Cause More Frequently Produces Bashfulness Than Too High An Opinion Of Our Own Importance. He That Imagines An Assembly Filled With His Merit, Panting With Expectation, And Hushed With Attention, Easily Terrifies Himself With The Dread Of Disappointing Them, And Strains His Imagination In Pursuit Of Something That May Vindicate The Veracity Of Fame, And Show That His Reputation Was Not Gained By Chance.

Some Have Little Power To Do Good, And Have Likewise Little Strength To Resist Evil.

It Is Commonly Observed, That When Two Englishmen Meet, Their First Talk Is Of The Weather; They Are In Haste To Tell Each Other, What Each Must Already Know, That It Is Hot Or Cold, Bright Or Cloudy, Windy Or Calm.