Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, paid my price in paltry gold; but, though theirs they have enroll'd me, minds are never to be sold.

A teacher should be sparing of his smile.

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.

Absence of occupation is not rest.

No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.