It is to the Mind, like Moss to a Tree, it bindeth it up so as to stop its Growth.
Converts.
The Impudence of a Bawd is Modestly, compared with that of a Convert.
A Convert hath so much to do to gain Credit, that a Man is to think well before he changeth.
Desires.
Men generally state their Wants by their Fancy, and not by their Reason.
The poor young Children are whipt and beaten by the old ones, who are much more inexcusably impertinent.
Not having things, is a more proper Expression for a Man of Sense than his wanting them.
Where Sense is wanting, every thing is wanting.
A Man of Sense can hardly want, but for his Friends and Children that have none.