We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.

Had I a heart for falsehood framed, I ne'er could injure you.

Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.

Be just before you are generous.

Steal! to be sure they may; and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children,-disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.

Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.

Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.