A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense.

Had sigh'd to many, though he loved but one.

Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till-'t is gone, and all is gray.

The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.

Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

Pure friendship's well-feigned blush.