Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.
Every old poem is sacred.
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.