That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
The very pink of perfection.
Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.
One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.
Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?