The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical.

Let the gulled fool the toil of war pursue, where bleed the many to enrich the few.

Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.

I know not whether increasing years do not cause us to esteem fewer people and to bear with more.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.

My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.