The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence.

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.

Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.

As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.

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.