Promise, Large Promise, Is The Soul Of

New Arts Are Long In The World Before Poets Describe Them; For They Borrow Everything From Their Predecessors, And Commonly Derive Very Little From Nature Or From Life.

Men Seldom Give Pleasure When They Are Not Pleased Themselves.

The Next Best Thing To Knowing Something Is Knowing Where To Find It.

Come, Let Me Know What It Is That Makes A Scotch Man Happy!

Nothing Is More Common Than For Men To Make Partial And Absurd Distinctions Between Vices Of Equal Enormity, And To Observe Some Of The Divine Commands With Great Scrupulousness, While They Violate Others, Equally Important, Without Any Concern, Or The Least Apparent Conciousness Of Guilt. Alas, It Is Only Wisdom Which Perceives This Tragedy.