Nature has inclined us to love men.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

There is no place more delightful than home.

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.