Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavors at making himself easy now and happy hereafter.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger.

Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of him.

For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.