Taste Is Nothing But An Enlarged Capacity

The Fear Of Approaching Death, Which In Youth We Imagine Must Cause Inquietude To The Aged, Is Very Seldom The Source Of Much Uneasiness.

Life Is The Art Of Being Well Deceived.

There Is No Prejudice So Strong As That Which Arises From A Fancied Exemption From All Prejudice.

We Are All Of Us, More Or Less, The Slaves Of Opinion.

Learning Is, In Too Many Cases, But A Foil To Common Sense; A Substitute For True Knowledge. Books Are Less Often Made Use Of As Spectacles To Look At Nature With, Than As Blinds To Keep Out Its Strong Light And Shifting Scenery From Weak Eyes And Indolent Dispositions. The Learned Are Mere Literary Drudges.