And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.

Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture.

Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once.

Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.