Of her scorn the maid repented, And the shepherd - of his love.

it is, in truth, the most absurd of all suppositions, that a human being can be educated, or even nourished and brought up, without imbibing numberless prejudices from every thing which passes around him.

Of her scorn the maid repented, And the shepherd - of his love.

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named Application.

Nobody ought to be too old to improve: I should be sorry if I was; and I flatter myself I have already improved considerably by my travels. First, I can swallow gruel soup, egg soup, and all manner of soups, without making faces much. Secondly, I can pretty well live without tea.

Time deals gently with me; and though I feel that I descend, the slope is easy.