Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.

To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.