The specualtist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity; and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows less.

To do nothing is in everyone's power.

No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.

Truth, like beauty, varies its fashions, and is best recommended by different dresses to different minds; and he that recalls the attention of mankind to any part of learning which time has left behind it, may be truly said to advance the literatures of his own age. As the manners of nations vary, new topicks of persuasion become necessary, and new combinations of imagery are produced; and he that can accommodate himself to the reigning taste, may always have readers who perhaps would not have looked upon better performances.