We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.

The youth who follows his appetites too soon seizes the cup, before it has received its best ingredients, and by anticipating his pleasures, robs the remaining parts of life of their share, so that his eagerness only produces manhood of imbecility and an age of pain.

As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.

Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.

If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.

Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.