All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes and keep fellows at a distance.
Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.
We are all very ready to believe what we like.
The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors.
The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.
All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.