In all Works of This, and of the Dramatic Kind, STORY, or AMUSEMENT, should be considered as little more than the Vehicle to the more necessary INSTRUCTION.

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

For tutors, although they may make youth learned, do not always make them virtuous.

A good man will not engage even in a national cause, without examining the justice of it.

She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.

An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination and a polish to the mind.

Platonic love is platonic nonsense.