Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.

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

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

When we take a slight survey of the surface of our globe a thousand objects offer themselves which, though long known, yet still demand our curiosity.

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.