Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.

I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker.

It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.