A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.

Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.

The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.