The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
Vision is seeing the invisible.
If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.
Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.