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.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.