The Credit Of Advancing Science

Man Believes Himself Always Greater Than He Is, And Is Esteemed Less Than He Is Worth.

The Most Original Of Authors Are Not So Because They Advance What Is New, But More Because They Know How To Say Something, As If It Had Never Been Said Before.

The Most Congenial Social Occasions Are Those Ruled By Cheerful Deference Of Each For All.

Where The Light Is Brightest, The Shadows Are Deepest.

Taste Is Only To Be Educated By Contemplation, Not Of The Tolerably Good But Of The Truly Excellent.