Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last no longer than is necessary for the preservation of the young?

I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways findtheir Account in the Speculation of the Day.

Colors speak all languages.

The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government.

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever.