A Prating Barber Asked Archelaus How He

A Roman Divorced From His Wife, Being Highly Blamed By His Friends, Who Demanded, "was She Not Chaste? Was She Not Fair? Was She Not Fruitful?" Holding Out His Shoe, Asked Them Whether It Was Not New And Well Made. "yet," Added He, "none Of You Can Tell Where It Pinches Me.''

Rather I Fear On The Contrary That While We Banish Painful Thoughts We May Banish Memory As Well.

Riches For The Most Part Are Hurtful To Them That Possess Them.

Education And Study, And The Favors Of The Muses, Confer No Greater Benefit On Those That Seek Them Than These Humanizing And Civilizing Lessons, Which Teach Our Natural Qualities To Submit To The Limitations Prescribed By Reason, And To Avoid The Wildness Of Extremes.

To Find Fault Is Easy; To Do Better May Be Difficult.