To Husband Out Life's Taper At The

Of All Kinds Of Ambition, That Which Pursues Poetical Fame Is The Wildest

Friendship Is A Disinterested Commerce Between Equals; Love, An Abject Intercourse Between Tyrants And Slaves.

On The Stage He Was Natural, Simple, Affecting, 'twas Only When He Was Off, He Was Acting.

The Volume Of Nature Is The Book Of Knowledge.

There Is One Way By Which A Strolling Player May Be Ever Secure Of Success; That Is, In Our Theatrical Way Of Expressing It, To Make A Great Deal Of The Character. To Speak And Act As In Common Life Is Not Playing, Nor Is It What People Come To See; Natural Speaking, Like Sweet Wine, Runs Glibly Over The Palate And Scarcely Leaves Any Taste Behind It; But Being High In A Part Resembles Vinegar, Which Grates Upon The Taste, And One Feels It While He Is Drinking.