From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow.

The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter

The schoolboy counts the time till the return of the holidays; the minor longs to be of age; the lover is impatient till he is married.

There is no defence against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.