Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,- Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.

All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by the addition of that which he withholds from us.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil.

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its own sophisms, and keep it on guard against the fallacies which it practices on others

Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.