That honors are sweet even to the most humble, as is shown by the satisfaction of Noah in being made a lord high admiral.
That there is no such stimulant of humanity, as a good moneyed stake in its advancement.
That though the mind may be set on a very improper and base object, it will not fail to seek a good motive for its justification, few men being so hardened in any grovelling passion, that they will not endeavor to deceive themselves, as well as their neighbors.
That academies promote good fellowship in knowledge, and good fellowship in knowledge promotes F. U. D. G. E.’s, and H. O. A. X.’s.
That a political rolling-pin, though a very good thing to level rights and privileges, is a very bad thing to level houses, temples, and other matters that might be named.
That the system of governing by proxy is more extended than is commonly supposed; in one country a king resorting to its use, and in another the people.
That there is no method by which a man can be made to covet a tail, so sure as by supplying all his neighbors, and excluding him by an especial edict.
That the perfection of consistency in a nation, is to dock itself at home, while its foreign agents furiously cultivate caudae abroad.
That names are far more useful than things, being more generally understood, less liable to objections, of greater circulation, besides occupying much less room.
That ambassadors turn the back of the throne outward, aristocrats draw a crimson curtain before it, and a king sits on it.