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Deep in the frozen regions of the north,
A goddess violated brought thee forth,
Immortal Liberty!

True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.

Opposition is the very spur of love.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

False as the fowler's artful snare.

Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.

One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.

Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions.

And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard.

Number three is always fortunate.

Writing is all a lottery
I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

Some men are wise and some are otherwise.

There is not room to swing a cat.

Glory is the child of peril.

The capital is become an overgrown monster; which like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.

that report has influenced my opinion of his looksYou know we are the fools of prejudice. Howsoever

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Every shot has its commission, d'ye see? We must all die at one time, as the saying is.

To the valiant actions speak alone.

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

At every place where we halted, did she mount the stage, and flourished her rusty arms, without being able to make one conquest.

I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound.

Thy fatal shafts unerring move;
I bow before thine altar, Love!