Date: February 3, 1735
"That a Grain of Good-nature will preponderate against an Ounce of Wit; a Heart full of Virtue against a Head full of Learning; and a Thimble-full of Content against a Chest full of Gold."
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Date: 1745
"Truth stamps conviction in the mind, / All doubts and fears are left behind, / And peace and joy at once an entrance find."
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Date: 1757, 1758, 1771, 1777
"Before my wondering sense new phantoms dance, / And stamp their horrid shapes upon my brain."
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