"I was ever of the opinion that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population."

"A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity."

"Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel."

"Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind."

"Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, And Niagara stuns with thundering sound."

"Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law."

"For just experience tells; in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil."

"The land of scholars and the nurse of arms."

"Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by."

"To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land."

"They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem, Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem."

"Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore."

"Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame. Their level life is but a mouldering fire, Unquenched by want, unfanned by strong desire."

"So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more."

"Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes."

"But winter lingering chills the lap of May."

"By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child."

"The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form."

"Man seems the only growth that dwindles here."

"Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails."

"Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home."

"Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!"

"These little things are great to little man."

"Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view."

"And learn the luxury of doing good."

"Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see, My heart untraveled fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain."

"Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheldt, or wandering Po."

"Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray."

"To the last moment of his breath On hope the wretch relies; And e'en the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise."

"O Memory! thou fond deceiver."

"That strain once more; it bids remembrance rise."

"As aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow; But crush'd or trodden to the ground, Diffuse their balmy sweets around."

"The king himself has followed her When she has walk'd before."

"Good people all, with one acord, Lament for Madame Blaize, Who never wanted a good word — From those who spoke her praise."

"As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent."

"The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them."

"One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index."

"For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again."

"You may all go to pot."

"[To Mr. Johnson] If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

"There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it."

"Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt."