If they would, for Example, praise the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they describe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipses, and other geometrical terms.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.

If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels.

An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.

It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.