I Make It A Kind Of Pious

The Pleasure Of Gratifying Whim Is Very Great. It Is Known Only By Those Who Are Whimsical.

Why Should Not The Knowledge, The Skill, The Expertness, The Assiduity, And The Spirited Hazards Of Trade And Commerce, When Crowned With Success, Be Entitled To Give Those Flattering Distinctions By Which Mankind Are So Universally Captivated? Such Are The Specious, But False Arguments For A Proposition Which Always Will Find Numerous Advocates, In A Nation Where Men Are Every Day Starting Up From Obscurity To Wealth. To Refute Them Is Needless. The General Sense Of Mankind Cries Out, With Irresistible Force, "un Gentilhomme Est Toujours Gentilhomme.

I Am So Fond Of Tea That I Could Write A Whole Dissertation On Its Virtues. It Comforts And Enlivens Without The Risks Attendant On Spirituous Liquors. Gentle Herb! Let The Florid Grape Yield To Thee. Thy Soft Influence Is A More Safe Inspirer Of Social Joy.

Melancholy Cannot Be Clearly Proved To Others, So It Is Better To Be Silent About It.

Drinking Is In Reality An Occupation Which Employs A Considerable Portion Of The Time Of Many People; And To Conduct It In The Most Rational And Agreeable Manner Is One Of The Great Arts Of Living.