It must descend, as the dew, upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it …

- Jeremiah Seed

Finite mind cannot comprehend infinity.

- Jeremiah Seed

We see how much a man has, and therefore we envy him; did we see how little he enjoys, we should rather pity him.

- Jeremiah Seed

Be not ashamed to confess that you have been in the wrong. It is but owning that you now have more sense than you had before, to see your error; more…

- Jeremiah Seed

Men of superior vivacity and wit, when they take a wrong turn, are generally worse than other men: because wit, consisting in a lively representation…

- Jeremiah Seed

Great wits, like great beauties, look upon mere esteem as a flat insipid thing; nothing less than admiration will content them.

- Jeremiah Seed

That wit is truly amiable, which gladdens and enlivens every thing, which shines with a lustre gentle, but not faint, and powerful, but not glaring.

- Jeremiah Seed

For we seldom admire the wit, when we dislike the man.

- Jeremiah Seed