As The Greatest Liar Tells More Truths

Let Me Smile With The Wise, And Feed With The Rich.

What Is Good Only Because It Pleases Cannot Be Pronounced Good Till It Has Been Found To Please.

Of Those That Spin Out Trifles And Die Without A Memorial, Many Flatter Themselves With High Opinions Of Their Own Importance, And Imagine That They Are Every Day Adding Some Improvement To Human Life.

Abstinence Is As Easy To Me As Temperance Would Be Difficult.

A Simile, To Be Perfect, Must Both Illustrate And Ennoble The Subject; Must Show It To The Understanding In A Clearer View, And Display It To The Fancy With Greater Dignity; But Either Of These Qualities May Be Sufficient To Recommend It.... That It May Be Complete, It Is Required To Exhibit, Independently Of Its References, A Pleasing Image; For A Simile Is Said To Be A Short Episode.