Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.
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.
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
So upright Quakers please both man and God.
A disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.
The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.