Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided: 1. That dear old soul; 2. That old woman; 3. That old witch.
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.
Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.
Oh, the difficulty of fixing the attention of men on the world within them!
Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.