We ought, in humanity, no more to despise a man for the misfortunes of the mind than for those of the body, when they are such as he cannot help; were this thoroughly considered we should no more laugh at a man for having his brains cracked than for having his head broke.

On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.

All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!

If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.