[My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.
To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
The few that pray at all pray oft amiss.