It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.

The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature.

Wine displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost deformity.

They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.

Supposing all the great points of atheism were formed into a kind of creed, I would fain ask whether it would not require an infinite greater measure of faith than any set of articles which they so violently oppose.

True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.

It is always to be understood that a lady takes all you detract from the rest of her sex to be a gift to her.