It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.

That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.

Hope is the best possession.

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.

It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.