Books without the knowledge of life are useless.
The most Heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together.
Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity.
Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct.
A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries.
Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.