The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.

Education forms the common mind.

Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.

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

Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart

For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.