There is not on earth a spectacle more worthy the regard of a Creator intent on his works, than a brave man superior to his sufferings.

The lives of great men cannot be writ with any tolerable degree of elegance or exactness within a short time after their decease.

The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commissions of bankrupt.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.