I Had Rather See The Portrait Of

Whoever Thinks Of Going To Bed Before Twelve O'clock Is A Scoundrel.

Every Man Is Rich Or Poor According To The Proportion Between His Desires And His Enjoyments.

An Exotic And Irrational Entertainment, Which Has Been Always Combated, And Always Has Prevailed.

I Hope I Shall Never Be Deterred From Detecting What I Think A Cheat, By The Menaces Of A Ruffian.

Knowledge Is Praised And Desired By Multitudes Whom Her Charms Could Never Rouse From The Couch Of Sloth; Whom The Faintest Invitation Of Pleasure Draws Away From Their Studies; To Whom Any Other Method Of Wearing The Day Is More Eligible Than The Use Of Books, And Who Are More Easily Engaged By Any Conversation Than Such As May Rectify Their Notions Or Enlarge Their Comprehension.