Reading means borrowing.
The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness.
Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.
As nations improve, so do their gods.
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.
It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.