The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Mankind is unamendable.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.