All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend.

The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land.

Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.