People in general do not willingly read if they have anything else to amuse them.
Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.
Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply; and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.