A Writer Who Obtains His Full Purpose

I Am Far From Any Intention To Limit Curiosity, Or Confine The Labours Of Learning To Arts Of Immediate And Necessary Use. It Is Only From The Various Essays Of Experimental Industry, And The Vague Excursions Of Mind Set Upon Discovery, That Any Advancement Of Knowledge Can Be Expected; And Though Many Must Be Disappointed In Their Labours, Yet They Are Not To Be Charged With Having Spent Their Time In Vain; Their Example Contributed To Inspire Emulation, And Their Miscarriage Taught Others The Way To Success.

An Old Friend Never Can Be Found, And Nature Has Provided That He Cannot Easily Be Lost.

When A Man Is Tired Of London, He Is Tired Of Life; For There Is In London All That Life Can Afford.

When Two Eglishmen Meet, Their First Talk Is Of The Weather.

[w]ith An Unquiet Mind, Neither Exercise, Nor Diet, Nor Physick Can Be Of Much Use.