Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

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Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments...

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments...

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills...

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it...

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to...

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to...

The woman that deliberates is lost.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Being humble brings blessings.

Being humble brings blessings.

There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do...

There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do...