A propos of Distempers, I am going to tell you a thing that I am sure will make you wish your selfe here. The Small Pox so fatal and so general amongst us is here entirely harmless by the invention of engrafting (which is the term they give it). There is a set of old Women who make it their business to perform the Operation.

The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

It has all been most interesting.

Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading.

I am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along.

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.