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

Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,- A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.

Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youth learn a knowledge of the world.