The first is the law, the last prerogative.
Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure,- Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.