The Dangers Gather As The Treasures Rise.

When The Original Is Well Chosen And Judiciously Copied, The Imitator Often Arrives At Excellence Which He Could Never Have Attained Without Direction; For Few Are Formed With Abilities To Discover New Possibilities Of Excellence, And To Distinguish Themselves By Means Never Tried Before.

Whoever Desires, For His Writings Or Himself, What None Can Reasonably Contemn, The Favour Of Mankind, Must Add Grace To Strength, And Make His Thoughts Agreeable As Well As Useful. Many Complain Of Neglect Who Never Tried To Attract Regard.

A Man Seldom Thinks With More Earnestness Of Anything Than He Does Of His Dinner.

Curiosity Is The Thirst Of The Soul.

It Is One Of The Maxims Of The Civil Law, That Definitions Are Hazardous.