Truth never was indebted to a lie

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.

Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart.

Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!

Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? What tho' we wade in Wealth, or soar in Fame? Earth's highest station ends in 'Here he lies;' and 'Dust to dust' concludes the noblest songs.

The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.