Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
He who would search for pearls must dive below.