Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense? I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.

Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.

Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.

His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home.

A noisy man is always in the right.

Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.

Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.