In a nation of blind men, those with one eye are kings.

I passed here for an excellent master, because all the rest were very bad ones.

Possessing taste in singing, and being favored by my age and figure, I soon procured more scholars than were sufficient to compensate for the losses of my secretary's pay.

It is certain, that had it been reasonable to consider the pleasure of my situation only, it was impossible to pass more speedily from one extreme to the other.

At our measuring, I was confined eight hours in the day to the most unentertaining employment, with yet more disagreeable company.