How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7….

Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation….

Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was s….

There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm..