I never saw any people who appeared to live so much without amusement as the Cincinnatians.... Were it not for the churches,... I ...think there might be a general bonfire of best bonnets, for I never could discover any other use for them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Business is, emphatically, the amusement of Americans, and, to be in keeping with their character, every thing written for their a...musement should partake of the useful.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mrs. Powlett was at once expensively nakedly dress'd; we have had the satisfaction of estimating her Lace & her Muslin; & she... said too little to afford us much other amusement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What doubts, what hypotheses, what labyrinths of amusement, what fields of disputation, what an ocean of false learning, may be av...oided by that single notion of immaterialism!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When men consider the great pains, industry, and parts, that have, for so many ages, been laid out on the cultivation and advancem...ent of the sciences, and that notwithstanding all this, the far greater part of them remain full of darkness and uncertainty, and that, taking all together, a small portion of them doth supply any real benefit to mankind, otherwise than by being an innocent diversion and amusement: I say, the consideration of all this is apt to throw them into a despondency, and perfect contempt of all study.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The boatswain's mate was very sedate, Yet fond of amusement, too;... And he played hopscotch with the starboard watch, While the captain tickled the crew.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country [England], that man lives by Greek and Latin alone; that is, by know...ing a great many words of two dead languages, which nobody living knows perfectly, and which are of no use in the common intercourse of life. Useful knowledge, in my opinion, consists of modern languages, history, and geography; some Latin may be thrown into the bargain, in compliance with custom, and for closet amusement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A foreign minister, I will maintain it, can never be a good man of business if he is not an agreeable man of pleasure too. Half hi...s business is done by the help of his pleasures: his views are carried on, and perhaps best, and most unsuspectedly, at balls, suppers, assemblies, and parties of pleasure; by intrigues with women, and connections insensibly formed with men, at those unguarded hours of amusement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewi...se in your pleasures, ask yourself what such and such an amusement leads to, as it is essential to have an objective in everything you do. Any pastime that contributes nothing to bodily strength or to mental alertness is a totally ridiculous, not to say, idiotic, pleasure.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »