We Consider Ourselves As Defective

What Is Written Without Effort Is In General Read Without Pleasure.

It Is Commonly Supposed That The Uniformity Of A Studious Life Affords No Matter For Narration: But The Truth Is, That Of The Most Studious Life A Great Part Passes Without Study. An Author Partakes Of The Common Condition Of Humanity; He Is Born And Married Like Another Man; He Has Hopes And Fears, Expectations And Disappointments, Griefs And Joys, And Friends And Enemies, Like A Courtier Or A Statesman; Nor Can I Conceive Why His Affairs Shuld Not Excite Curiosity As Much As The Whisper Of A Drawing-room, Or The Factions Of A Camp.

What Is Read Twice Is Usually Remembered More Than What Is Once Written.

No Money Is Better Spent Than What Is Laid Out For Domestic Satisfaction.

Ignorance Cannot Always Be Inferred From Inaccuracy; Knowledge Is Not Always Present.