Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.

The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.

An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier to be upon his knees than to rise to a good action.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Consult the Genius of the Place in all.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.