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That all men would be cowards if they dare,
Some men we know have courage to declare.

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.

There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions.

Dreams are like portraits; and we find they please because they are confessed resemblances.

And took for truth the test of ridicule.

I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.

Arrogance is the act of the great; presumption that of the little.

Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules.

Life is not measured by the time we live.

Virtues neglected then, adored become, And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb.

Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too lateUpon one of these depends his whole estate.

Let's learn to live, for we must die alone.

Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.

Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.

Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.

Life's bloomy flush was lost.

Ability comprehends the power of doing in general, without specifying the quality or degree.

We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.

I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms, For him that gazes or for him that farms.

He tried the luxury of doing good.

What is a church?-Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.

Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.

Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?
Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,
By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed?

Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy.

Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind
More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind.

'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.

The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.

In this wild world the fondest and the best
Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.

Against her foes Religion well defends Her sacred truths, but often fears her friends.

Who often reads, will sometimes wish to write.

Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.

But monument themselves memorials need.

Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long.

An infatuated man is not only foolish, but wild.

The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

Good is done by degrees.

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

The game is never lost till won.

"Lawyers Are": By law's dark by-ways he has stored his mind with wicked knowledge on how to cheat mankind.

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.

Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality.

Fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin.

Ease leads to habit, as success to ease.
He lives by rule who lives himself to please.

Learning is better worth than houses or land.

In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

See Time has touched me gently in his race,
And left no odious furrows in my face.

Experience finds few of the scenes that lively hope designs.

A master passion is the love of news.

With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead.