To Distract Myself From Tiresome Thoughts, I

We Owe Subjection And Obedience To All Our Kings, Whether Good Or Bad, Alike, For That Has Respect Unto Their Office; But As To Esteem And Affection, These Are Only Due To Their Virtue.

And If Nobody Reads Me, Shall I Have Wasted My Time, When I Have Beguiled So Many Idle Hours With Such Pleasant And Profitable Reflections?

The Strength Of Any Plan Depends On The Time. Circumstances And Things Eternally Shift And Change.

There Is Some Shadow Of Delight And Delicacy Which Smiles Upon And Flatters Us Even In The Very Lap Of Melancholy.

How Many Things We Held Yesterday As Articles Of Faith Which Today We Tell As Fables.