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

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.

O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity; to thee the wretched seek for succor; on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies; from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hopes relief, and may be sure of--disappointment.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.

A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.