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

The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.

As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper circling round Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declar'd how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too.

If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.