Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it.

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Troops of heroes undistinguished die.

Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity.

Men naturally warm and heady are transported with the greatest flush of good-nature.

But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind.

Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.