Pointed Axioms And Acute Replies Fly Loose

Poetry Is The Art Of Uniting Pleasure With Truth.

The Superiority Of Some Men Is Merely Local. They Are Great Because Their Associates Are Little.

Every Other Enjoyment Malice May Destroy; Every Other Panegyric Envy May Withhold; But No Human Power Can Deprive The Boaster Of His Own Encomiums.

We Go From Anticipation To Anticipation, Not From Satisfaction To Satisfaction.

Sir, He [bolingbroke] Was A Scoundrel And A Coward: A Scoundrel For Charging A Blunderbuss Against Religion And Morality; A Coward, Because He Had Not Resolution To Fire It Off Himself, But Left Half A Crown To A Beggarly Scotsman To Draw The Trigger At His Death.