Arts and sciences in one and the same century have arrived at great perfection; and no wonder, since every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies; the work then, being pushed on by many hands, must go forward.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.

Love either finds equality or makes it.