"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

There are faults we would fain pardon.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

That best of blessings, a contented mind.

If nothing is delightful without love and jokes, then live in love and jokes.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.