When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.

What will a child learn sooner than a song?

When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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