Affected Simplicity Is An Elegant Imposture.

The Desire Of Appearing Clever Often Prevents Our Becoming So.

It Is With Sincere Affection Or Friendship As With Ghosts And Apparitions,--a Thing That Everybody Talks Of, And Scarce Any Hath Seen.

There Are No Accidents So Unlucky But The Prudent May Draw Some Advantage From Them.

Extreme Boredom Provides Its Own Antidote.

The Most Violent Passions Sometimes Leave Us At Rest, But Vanity Agitates Us Constantly.