An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Men, some to business, some to pleasure take; But every woman is at heart a rake.
On cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.