When Lovely Woman Stoops To Folly, And

Embosom'd In The Deep Where Holland Lies. Methinks Her Patient Sons Before Me Stand, Where The Broad Ocean Leans Against The Land.

Nobody With Me At Sea But Myself.

That Virtue Which Requires To Be Ever Guarded Is Scarce Worth The Sentinel.

The Malicious Sneer Is Improperly Called Laughter.

There Is Nothing So Absurd Or Ridiculous That Has Not At Some Time Been Said By Some Philosopher. Fontenelle Says He Would Undertake To Persuade The Whole Public Of Readers To Believe That The Sun Was Neither The Cause Of Light Or Heat, If He Could Only Get Six Philosophers On His Side.