An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.

All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.

It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.

All is not gold that glitters, as we have often been told; and the adage is verified in your place and my favour; but if what happens does not make us richer, we must bid it welcome, if it makes us wiser.

The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.

Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.

Was ever poet so trusted before?