Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.
When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.
The good must merit God's peculiar care; But who but God can tell us who they are?