Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

There is scarcely an occurrence in nature which, happening at a certain time, is not looked upon by some persons as a prognosticator either of good or evil. The latter are in the greatest number, so much more ingenious are we in tormenting ourselves than in discovering reasons for enjoyment in the things that surround us.

Much as the sage may affect to despise the opinion of the world, there are few who would not rather expose their lives a hundred times than be condemned to live on, in society, but not of it - a by-word of reproach to all who know their history, and a mark for scorn to point his finger at.

Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men!

Men of thought and men of action, clear the Way!