The Wisdom Of Our Ancestors.

By Looking Into Physical Causes Our Minds Are Opened And Enlarged; And In This Pursuit, Whether We Take Or Whether We Lose The Game, The Chase Is Certainly Of Service.

Falsehood And Delusion Are Allowed In No Case Whatever; But, As In The Exercise Of All The Virtues, There Is An Economy Of Truth. It Is A Sort Of Temperance, By Which A Man Speaks Truth With Measure, That He May Speak It The Longer.

A Speculative Despair Is Unpardonable Where It Our Duty To Act.

Nothing So Effectually Deadens The Taste Of The Sublime As That Which Is Light And Radiant.

To Read Without Reflecting Is Like Eating Without Digesting.