However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.

Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.

O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.

Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit.

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

Gravity is the best cloak for sin in all countries.

Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.