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

It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.

The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets. The corn is cut, the manor full of game; The pointer ranges, and the sportsman beats In russet jacket;--lynx-like is his aim; Full grows his bag, and wonderful his feats. An, nutbrown partridges! An, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.

Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.

I was accused of every monstrous vice by public rumour and private rancour; my name, which had been a knightly or noble one, was tainted. I felt that, if what was whispered, and muttered, and murmured, was true, I was unfit for England; if false, England was unfit for me.

Grief is fantastical, and loves the dead, And the apparel of the grave.

Fame is the thirst of youth.