Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

Better one thorn pluck'd out than all remain.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived, and those that are at present respectable, will drop out, if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the code of speech.