A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

A perfect woman's but a softer man.

New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.

Hope springs eternal.

Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.