A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

He best can paint them who shall feel them most.

Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.

The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.