"Born to live our stated time on this globe, every one who puts a premature period to our existence here, offends the …"

"It is the natural fault of young people to think too well of mankind [...]."

"The degree of pleasure which may result from the perusal of a work, depends not only upon the variety of the subject,…"

"It is very natural to overlook that which is near home, and as it were within our reach, especially when the mind loo…"

"When we saw the most beautiful fishes of the sea, the dolphin and bonito, in pursuit of the flying fish, and when the…"

"It is unhappy enough that the unavoidable consequence of all our voyages of discovery, has always been the loss of a …"

"A man wholly destitute of philanthropy is a monster, justly detested by all mankind; but another, entirely incapable …"

"Wie arm ist der, dessen schwache Weichherzigkeit ihm nicht erlaubt, einen unersättlichen Bettler abzuweisen!"

"Ohne Tugend und Weisheit kann keine freie Verfassung bestehen."

"Die Natur, die weniger stiefmütterlich ist, als ihre Verläumder sie schildern, legt oft in ihre Kargheit selbst den S…"