Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

Absence of occupation is not rest.

The beggarly last doit.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it.

We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.

God made the country, and man made the town.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.