The Misery Of Man Proceeds Not From

The Mere Power Of Saving What Is Already In Our Hands Must Be Of Easy Acquisition To Every Mind; And As The Example Of Lord Bacon May Show That The Highest Intellect Cannot Safely Neglect It, A Thousand Instances Every Day Prove That The Humblest May Practise It With Success.

There Are People Whom One Should Like Very Well To Drop, But Would Not Wish To Be Dropped By.

See Nations Slowly Wise, And Meanly Just, To Buried Merit Raise The Tardy Bust.

When I First Collected These Authorities, I Was Desirous That Every Quotation Should Be Useful To Some Other End Than The Illustration Of A Word; I Therefore Extracted From Philosophers Principles Of Science; From Historians Remarkable Facts; From Chymists Complete Processes; From Divines Striking Exhortations; And From Poets Beautiful Descriptions.

Men Seldom Give Pleasure When They Are Not Pleased Themselves.