Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.