Poems List
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
The grand Leap of the Whale in that Chace up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed by all who have seen it, as one of the finest Spectacles in Nature!
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The King of France’s Picture set with Four hundred and Eight Diamonds, I give to my Daughter Sarah Bache requesting however that she would not form any of those Diamonds into Ornaments either for herself or Daughters and thereby introduce or countenance the expensive vain and useless Fashion of wearing Jewels in this Country.
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.
The noblest question in the world is What Good may I do in it ?
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