The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking.

Idleness induces caprice.

Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold... 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer.

And what they dare to dream of, date to do.

It is not a great Xerxes army of words, but a compact Greek ten thousand that march safely down to posterity.

Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.