The Wisest Among Us Is A Fool

We Can All Be Good When We Have No Temptation Or Provocation To The Contrary.

If Women Would Make Themselves Appear As Elegant To An Husband, As They Were Desirous To Appear To Him While A Lover, The Rake, Which All Women Love, Would Last Longer In The Husband Than It Generally Does.

The Plays And Sports Of Children Are As Salutary To Them As Labor And Work Are To Grown Persons.

The Nature Of Familiar Letters, Written, As It Were, To The Moment, While The Heart Is Agitated By Hopes And Fears, On Events Undecided, Must Plead An Excuse For The Bulk Of A Collection Of This Kind. Mere Facts And Characters Might Be Comprised In A Much Smaller Compass: But, Would They Be Equally Interesting?

The World, Thinking Itself Affronted By Superior Merit, Takes Delight To Bring It Down To Its Own Level.