Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.

Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.

The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving and correcting the information you possess by the authority of others.

Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.