There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.

The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature.

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

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.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

Tis true, 'tis certain; man, though dead, retains Part of himself; the immortal mind remains.