The French courage proceeds from vanity

Be hypocritical, be cautious, be not what you seem but always what you see.

Have not all past human beings parted, And must not all the present, one day part?

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

My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea.

You should have a softer pillow than my heart.

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still the master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth, While man, vain insect hopes to be forgiven, And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven.