Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.
A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.