He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.

A Court has no right to strain the law because it causes hardship.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.

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.