Human Happiness Has Always Its

Riches, Perhaps, Do Not So Often Produce Crimes As Incite Accusers.

The Liberty Of The Press Is A Blessing When We Are Inclined To Write Against Others, And A Calamity When We Find Ourselves Overborne By The Multitude Of Our Assailants.

A Simile, To Be Perfect, Must Both Illustrate And Ennoble The Subject; Must Show It To The Understanding In A Clearer View, And Display It To The Fancy With Greater Dignity; But Either Of These Qualities May Be Sufficient To Recommend It.... That It May Be Complete, It Is Required To Exhibit, Independently Of Its References, A Pleasing Image; For A Simile Is Said To Be A Short Episode.

Curiosity Is One Of The Most Permanent And Certain Characteristics Of A Vigorous Intellect.

The Triumph Of Hope Over Experience.