I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.

Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.

He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.

But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.

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