We Often Brag That We Are Never

Nature Makes Merit, And Fortune Puts It To Work.

Reconciliation With Our Enemies Is Simply A Desire To Better Our Condition, A Weariness Of War, Or The Fear Of Some Unlucky Thing From Occurring.

Moral Severity In Women Is Only A Dress Or Paint Which They Use To Set Off Their Beauty.

When Our Hatred Is Violent, It Sinks Us Even Beneath Those We Hate.

Satire Is At Once The Most Agreeable And Most Dangerous Of Mental Qualities. It Always Pleases When It Is Refined, But We Always Fear Those Who Use It Too Much; Yet Satire Should Be Allowed When Unmixed With Spite, And When The Person Satirized Can Join In The Satire.