A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with to much dejection.

To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.

All power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness.

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.