The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this--the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you.

The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze In good King George's glorious days!

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

Hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.

Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.