Date: 1746

"Whirl'd by the swift rotations of the mind," man may be ruled by his pride and live to present bliss

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Man may be sway'd by his passions and employ his reason as "the sly pimp and pander of his joys"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Passion may be cured by averting the sight of vice

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Passions may rule the breast so that one "prevails and lords it o'er the rest"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

The passions of the soul may be awakened

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

The Sisters "Silence, and Contemplation" may "with eternal beauties deck the mind"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

The mind may be tainted with sin

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"Books, not well digested, blot the mind"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"So books, not well digested, blot the mind, / But make us - in search of wisdom - blind"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Too many books, "like too much wine - intoxicate the brain"

— Ruffhead, James