The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.

In chambers deep, Where waters sleep, What unknown treasures pave the floor.

Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.

Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment and not from passion.

The purpose firm is equal to the deed

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.