No Degree Of Knowledge Attainable

I Look Upon This As I Did Upon The Dictionary: It Is All Work, And My Inducement To It Is Not Love Or Desire Of Fame, But The Want Of Money, Which Is The Only Motive To Writing That I Know Of.

He Who Would Bring Home The Wealth Of The Indies Must Carry The Wealth Of The Indies With Him.

The Truth Is That The Spectators Are Always In Their Senses, And Know, From The First Act To The Last, That The Stage Is Only A Stage, And That The Players Are Only Players.

From Bard, To Bard, The Frigid Caution Crept, Till Declamation Roar'd, While Passion Slept.

An Age That Melts In Unperceiv'd Decay, And Glides In Modest Innocence Away.