A gen'rous heart repairs a sland'rous tongue.

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.

The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.

The lights and shades, whose well-accorded strife gives all the strength and color of our life.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.