No Man But A Blockhead Ever Wrote

What Provokes Your Risibility, Sir? Have I Said Anything That You Understand? Then I Ask Pardon Of The Rest Of The Company.

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

The Maxim Of Cleobulus, "mediocrity Is Best," Has Been Long Considered A Universal Principle, Extending Through The Whole Compass Of Life And Nature. The Experience Of Every Age Seems To Have Given It New Confirmation, And To Show That Nothing, However Specious Or Alluring, Is Pursued With Propriety Or Enjoyed With Safety Beyond Certain Limits.

In The Motive Lies The Good Or Ill.

All Wonder Is The Effect Of Novelty On Ignorance.