An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip But where my own did hope to sip.

Self confidence is the ground stone of success

Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.

In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.