The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye.

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.

For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.

Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it.

It has been said in praise of some men, that they could take whole hours together upon anything; but it must be owned to the honor of the other sex that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman branch out into a long extempore dissertation on the edging of a petticoat, and chide her servant for breaking a china cup, in all the figures of rhetoric.