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.

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station.

Love is a second life.

Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above or below him are serious.

There is not a more melancholy object than a man who has his head turned with religious enthusiasm.

In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value our fancies set upon it.