There Is Perhaps No Surer Mark Of

...the Act Of Eating,which Hath By Several Wise Men Been Considered As Extremely Mean And Derogatory From The Philosophic Dignity, Must Be In Some Measure Performed By The Greatest Prince, Hero, Or Philosopher Upon Earth; Nay, Sometimes Nature Hath Been So Frolicsome As To Exact Of These Dignified Characters A Much More Exorbitant Share Of This Office Than She Hath Obliged Those Of The Lowest Orders To Perform.

As It Often Happens That The Best Men Are But Little Known, And Consequently Cannot Extend The Usefulness Of Their Examples A Great Way, The Biographer Is Of Great Utility, As, By Communicating Such Valuable Patterns To The World, He May Perhaps Do A More Extensive Service To Mankind Than The Person Whose Life Originally Afforded The Pattern.

No Acquisitions Of Guilt Can Compensate The Loss Of That Solid Inward Comfort Of Mind, Which Is The Sure Companion Of Innocence And Virtue; Nor Can In The Least Balance The Evil Of That Horror And Anxiety Which, In Their Room, Guilt Introduces Into Our Bosoms.

The Woman And The Soldier Who Do Not Defend The First Pass Will Never Defend The Last.

Gravity Is The Best Cloak For Sin In All Countries.