The Lust Of Gold Succeeds The Rage

Nothing Odd Will Do Long. Tristram Shandy Did Not Last.

But The Distant Hope Of Being One Day Useful Or Eminent Ought Not To Mislead Us Too Far From That Study Which Is Equally Requisite To The Great And Mean, To The Celebrated And Obscure; The Art Of Moderating The Desires, Of Repressing The Appetites; And Of Conciliating Or Retaining The Favour Of Mankind.

Wickedness Is Always Easier Than Virtue; For It Takes The Short Cut To Everything.

There Is A Frightful Interval Between The Seed And The Timber.

He Who Has Provoked The Shaft Of Wit, Cannot Complain That He Smarts From It.