When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.

Treason seldom dwells with courage.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

A mother's pride, a father's joy.

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 rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame!