No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters.