A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

What an ornament and safeguard is humor! Far better than wit for a poet and writer. It is a genius itself, and so defends from the insanities.

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted fly; It liveth not in fierce desire.

Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself

It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.