"Tis use alone that sanctifies expense, And splendor borrows all her rays from sense."

"Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven."

"To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite."

"Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear; Who broke no promise, served…"

"Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not t…"

"'Tis from high life high characters are drawn; A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn."

"Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect."

""Odious! in woollen! 't would a saint provoke", Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke."

"Not always actions show the man: we find Who does a kindness is not therefore kind."

"Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times."