I Will Be Conquered; I

No Place Affords A More Striking Conviction Of The Vanity Of Human Hopes Than A Public Library; For Who Can See The Wall Crowded On Every Side By Mighty Volumes, The Works Of Laborious Meditations And Accurate Inquiry, Now Scarcely Known But By The Catalogue.

The Size Of A Man's Understanding Might Always Be Justly Measured By His Mirth.

We Are Told, That The Black Bear Is Innocent; But I Should Not Like To Trust Myself With Him.

Courage Is The Greatest Of All Virtues, Because If You Haven't Courage, You May Not Have An Opportunity To Use Any Of The Others.

Cautious Age Suspects The Flattering Form, And Only Credits What Experience Tells.