When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions.

The English delight in Silence more than any other European Nation, if the Remarks which are made on us by Foreigners are true.

It must be so,-Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'T is the divinity that stirs within us; 'T is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!

Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.

As Vivacity is the Gift of Women, Gravity is that of Men.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.