The Poorest Being That Crawls

Poetry Is The Art Of Substantiating Shadows, And Of Lending Existence To Nothing.

I Know Of Nothing Sublime Which Is Not Some Modification Of Power.

It Is From This Absolute Indifference And Tranquillity Of The Mind, That Mathematical Speculations Derive Some Of The Most Considerable Advantages; Because There Is Nothing To Interest The Imagination; Because The Judgment Sits Free And Unbiased To Examine The Point. All Proportions, Every Arrangement Of Quantity, Is Alike To The Understanding, Because The Same Truths Result To It From All; From Greater From Lesser, From Equality And Inequality.

Delusion And Weakness Produce Not One Mischief The Less, Because They Are Universal.

Hypocrisy Is No Cheap Vice; Nor Can Our Natural Temper Be Masked For Many Years Together.