Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.

There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance

A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

Those who were skillful in Anatomy among the Ancients, concluded from the outward and inward Make of an Human Body, that it was the Work of a Being transcendently Wise and Powerful. As the World grew more enlightened in this Art, their Discoveries gave them fresh Opportunities of admiring the Conduct of Providence in the Formation of an Human Body.

It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belongto his Neighbour.