[symbols]. 2. Ph & M. 7. 31. Eliz. c. 12.
1. [symbols] MN 2. [symbols]
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. Psalm 50. v 21.
MN.
Ne sutor ultra crepidam.
111. Geo 2. c. 19. [symbols] 1. 1 9 March. 1786.
24 Geo. 2. c. 24. [symbols] VI. 6
[symbols]. 4, 9. March. 1784.
among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than 160 have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy. [symbols] IV.19.
Qui statuit aliquid, parte inaudita altera
Aequom licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit.
The policy of the laws of England, and indeed the true principles of all government, will rather suffer many private Inconviencies than introduce one public mischief.
Crimen non contrahitur, nisi Voluntas nocendi intercedat.
2Say not unto thy neighbour Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. Prov. 3.28.
3To flatter those we do not know is an easy task; but to flatter our intimate acquaintances, all whose foibles are strongly in our eye is drudgery insupportable.
O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity; to thee the wretched seek for succour; on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies; from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hope relief; and may be ever sure of—disappointment!
The philosophy, if there really be any such, which teaches an utter contempt for the opinion of all mankind, is favourable to no beneficial quality, and conduces chiefly to the increase of that pride, from which it derives its origin.
True politeness is the art of seeming to be
habitually influenced by those virtues, and good dispositions of mind,
which most contribute to the ease, and the pleasure, of those we
converse with.
Whoever loads life with unnecessary scruples provokes the attention of others on his conduct, and incurs the censure of singularity, without reaping the reward of superior virtue.
It is as commendable to be proud with respect to one’s self as it is ridiculous to be so with respect to others.
Gravity is a mysterious carriage of the body invented to cover the defects of the mind.
There is an active principle in the human soul, that will ever be exerting its faculties to the utmost stretch, in whatever employment, by the accidents of time and place, the general plan of education, or the customs and manners of the age, and country, it may happen to find itself engaged.—
11Had he lived, he had probably promoted the glory, perhaps not the felicity of his people. The unhappy prepossession, which men commonly entertain in favour of ambition, courage, enterprize, and other warlike virtues, engages generous natures, who always love fame, into such pursuits as destroy their own peace, and that of the rest of mankind. [symbols]. 6. 63.
Such institutions, for a time, are esteemed either too divine to have
proceeded from any other being than the supreme Creator of the universe,
or too diabolical to have been derived from any but an infernal demon.
But no sooner is the mode of controversy past than they are universally
discovered to be of so little importance, as scarcely to be mentioned
with decency amidst the ordinary course of human trans
The advantages which result from opulence, are so solid and real, that those who are possessed of them need not dread the near approaches of their inferiors. The distinctions of birth and title being more empty and imaginary, soon vanish upon familiar access and acquaintance. 165.
12r: Smith, evening with Townsend.
r: Swett’s. Mrs: Emery’s.
Mrs: Parsons. Thompson.
r: Atkins. Mr: J. Tracey.
r: Atkins. Mrs: Emery— Mrs: Jackson.
r: Swett’s. Miss Cazneau.
r: Bradbury’s.
r: Hooper’s, evening at Mr.
B.