“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.”
God“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
God“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.”
God“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.”
Intelligence“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
God“I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”
Best“'Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.”
Education“Wit is the lowest form of humor.”
Humor“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.”
Truth“If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.”
Business“For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.”
Best“Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!”
God“Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.”
Men“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”
Marriage“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Art“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”
Alone“Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use.”
Nature“Woman's at best a contradiction still.”
Best“What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.”
Diet“Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.”
God“A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
Learning“The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more.”
Nature