Be not frightened at the hard words "imposition," "imposture;" give and ask no questions. Cast thy bread upon the waters. Some have, unawares, entertained angels.

Since all the maids are good and lovable, from whence come the bad wives?

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power.

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

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

I like you and your book, ingenious Hone! In whose capacious all-embracing leaves The very marrow of tradition 's shown; And all that history, much that fiction weaves.