I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.

The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue, Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees, And the pleased lake, like maiden coy, Trembled but dimpled not for joy.

Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.

Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.

The time which passes over our heads so imperceptibly makes the same gradual change in habits, manners and character, as in personal appearance. At the revolution of every five years we find ourselves another and yet the same;--there is a change of views, and no less of the light in which we regard them; a change of motives as well as of action.

There is a southern proverb - fine words butter no parsnips.

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