Love will subsist on wonderfully little hope but not altogether without it.

Honour is a homicide and a bloodspiller, that gangs about making frays in the street; but Credit is a decent honest man, that sits at hame and makes the pat play.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold.

Stood for his country's glory fast, And nailed her colors to the mast!

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.