And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.

The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Crimes generally punish themselves.

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.

Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.