The Trees That Are Slow To Grow

Human Weakness Is To Desire To Know What One Does Not Want To Know.

The Ancients, Sir, Are The Ancients, And We Are The People Of Today.

We Ought Always To Conform To The Manners Of The Greater Number, And So Behave As Not To Draw Attention To Ourselves. Excess Either Way Shocks, And Every Man Truly Wise Ought To Attend To This In His Dress As Well As Language, Never To Be Affected In Anything And Follow Without Being In Too Great Haste The Changes Of Fashion.

Birth Is Nothing Without Virtue, And We Have No Claim To Share In The Glory Of Our Ancestors Unless We Endeavor To Resemble Them.

The Duty Of Comedy Is To Correct Men By Amusing Them.