Date: November 10, 1730

"Since Truth to the Mind her own Likeness reflects, / Let none the just Mirror despise."

— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)

Date: June 22, 1731

"The wise Man prepares himself for Death, by making it familiar to his Mind.--When strong Reflections hold the Mirror near,--and the Living in the Dead behold their future selves, how does each inordinate Passion and Desire cease or sicken at the View?"

— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)

Date: 1734 [1735?]

"Customs or Int'rests govern all Mankind, / Some Biass cleaves to the unguarded Mind; / Thro' this, as in a false or flatt'ring Glass / Things seem to change their Natures as they pass."

— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)