A Man Posing For A Painting.

That The Sun Will Not Rise Tomorrow Is No Less Intelligible A Proposition, And Implies No More Contradiction, Than The Affirmation, That It Will Rise.

But In Many Orders Of Beauty, Particularly Those Of The Finer Arts, It Is Requisite To Employ Much Reasoning, In Order To Feel The Proper Sentiment; And A False Relish May Frequently Be Corrected By Argument And Reflection. There Are Just Grounds To Conclude, That Moral Beauty Partakes Of This Latter Species, And Demands The Assistance Of Our Intellectual Faculties, In Order To Give It A Suitable Influence On The Human Mind.

When I Hear That A Man Is Religious, I Conclude He Is A Rascal!

The Ages Of Greatest Public Spirit Are Not Always Eminent For Private Virtue.

The Rules Of Morality Are Not The Conclusion Of Our Reason.