Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of relieving only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance.

Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.

The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth.

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.

To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.