Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms.
In death a hero, as in life a friend!
I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.