Where Wealth Accumulates, Men Decay.

A Flattering Painter, Who Made It His Care To Draw Men As They Ought To Be, Not As They Are.

Romance And Novel Paint Beauty In Colors More Charming Than Nature, And Describe A Happiness That Humans Never Taste. How Deceptive And Destructive Are Those Pictures Of Consummate Bliss!

Prudery Is Ignorance.

It Is Impossible To Combat Enthusiasm With Reason; For Though It Makes A Show Of Resistance, It Soon Eludes The Pressure, Refers You To Distinctions Not To Be Understood, And Feelings Which It Cannot Explain. A Man Who Would Endeavor To Fix An Enthusiast By Argument Might As Well Attempt To Spread Quicksilver With His Finger.

The English Laws Punish Vice; The Chinese Laws Do More, They Reward Virtue.