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

If a faultless poem could be produced, I am satisfied it would tire the critics themselves; and annoy the whole reading world with the spleen.

Mellow nuts have the hardest rind.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime that ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer.

Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.

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