The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.

Hope, like the gleaming taper

The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves.

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.

Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.