Conscience Is A Coward, And Those Faults

A Man He Was To All The Country Dear, And Passing Rich With Forty Pounds A Year.

To Aim At Excellence, Our Reputation, And Friends, And All Must Be Ventured; To Aim At The Average We Run No Risk And Provide Little Service.

In Proportion As Society Refines, New Books Must Ever Become More Necessary.

The Volumes Of Antiquity, Like Medals, May Very Well Serve To Amuse The Curious, But The Works Of The Moderns, Like The Current Coin Of A Kingdom, Are Much Better For Immediate Use.

The English Laws Punish Vice; The Chinese Laws Do More, They Reward Virtue.