Most of our fellow-subjects are guided either by the prejudice of education or by a deference to the judgment of those who perhaps in their own hearts disapprove the opinions which they industriously spread among the multitude.

There is nothing which one regards so much with an eye of mirth and pity as innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.

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

Nature seems to have taken a particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different regions of the world, with an eye to their mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the nations of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another and be united together by their common interest.

The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.

The Infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian Cane.

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