Fear Of Danger Is Ten Thousand Times

And Of All Plagues With Which Mankind Are Curst, Ecclesiastic Tyranny's The Worst.

Abused Prosperity Is Oftentimes Made The Very Means Of Our Greatest Adversity.

The Best Of Men Cannot Suspend Their Fate; The Good Die Early, And The Bad Die Late.

It Put Me Upon Reflecting How Little Repining There Would Be Among Mankind At Any Condition Of Life, If People Would Rather Compare Their Condition With Those That Were Worse, In Order To Be Thankful, Than Be Always Comparing Them With Those Which Are Better, To Assist Their Murmurings And Complaining.

I Have Often Thought Of It As One Of The Most Barbarous Customs In The World, Considering Us As A Civilized And A Christian Country, That We Deny The Advantages Of Learning To Women.