Applause Abates Diligence.

The Expense Is Damnable, The Position Is Ridiculous, And The Pleasure Fleeting.

Wine Gives Great Pleasure; And Every Pleasure Is Of Itself A Good. It Is A Good, Unless Counterbalanced By Evil.

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.

The World Is Like A Grand Staircase, Some Are Going Up And Some Are Going Down.

Distance Has The Same Effect On The Mind As On The Eye.