Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experiences of others.

Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs — no regular hours$$$ so many temptations!

I was made at right angles to the world.

Truth: An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy$$$ which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.

Experience: The wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.

Hand: A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.

An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.

Learning: The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.