has any repetition of his treasure, it is better still.

That money commonly purifies the spirit as wine quenches thirst; and
therefore it is wise to commit all our concerns to the keeping of those
who have most of it.

That others seldom regard us in the same light we regard ourselves;
witness the manner in which Dr. Reasono converted me from a benefactor
into the travelling tutor of Prince Bob.

That honors are sweet even to the most humble, as is shown by the
satisfaction of Noah in being made a lord high admiral.

That there is no such stimulant of humanity, as a good moneyed stake in
its advancement.

That though the mind may be set on a very improper and base object, it
will not fail to seek a good motive for its justification, few men being
so hardened in any grovelling passion, that they will not endeavor to
deceive themselves, as well as their neighbors.

That academies promote good fellowship in knowledge, and good fellowship
in knowledge promotes F. U. D. G. E.'s, and H. O. A. X.'s.

That a political rolling-pin, though a very good thing to level rights
and privileges, is a very bad thing to level houses, temples, and other
matters that might be named.

That the system of governing by proxy is more extended than is commonly
supposed; in one country a king resorting to its use, and in another the
people.

That there is no method by which a man can be made to covet a tail, so
sure as by supplying all his neighbors, and excluding him by an especial
edict.

That the perfection of consistency in a nation, is to dock itself at
home, while its foreign agents furiously cultivate caudae abroad.

That names are far more useful than things, being more generally
understood, less liable to objections, of greater circulation, besides
occupying much less room.

That ambassadors turn the back of the throne outward, aristocrats draw a
crimson curtain before it, and a king sits on it.

That nature has created inequalities in men and things, and, as human
institutions are intended to prevent the strong from oppressing
the weak, ergo, the laws should encourage natural inequalities as a
legitimate consequence.

That, moreover, the laws of nature having made one man wise and another
man foolish--this strong, and that weak, human laws should reverse it
all, by making another man wise and one man foolish--that strong, and
this weak. On this conclusion I obtained a peerage.

That God-likes are commonly Riddles, an