Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score.
A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age.
Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
Wine lets no lover unrewarded go.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.