May my last breath be drawn through a pipe, and exhaled in a jest.

I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money, nor twist your kitten's neck off, nor disturb a congregation, etc., your business is done. I know things of myself, which would make every friend I have fly me as a plague patient.

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

My only books Were woman's looks,- And folly 's all they 've taught me.

Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea.

Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father's dwelling?

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.