He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.

Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.

Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.

Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.

Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference.

Certainly," quoth Athelstane, "women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.

I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!