"It has been a thousand times observed, and I must observe it once more, that the hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition."

"They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and the musical glasses."

"By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat."

"The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too."

"And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?"

"Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long."

"No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them: But from the mountain’s grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring."

"Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray."

"I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too."

"The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical dialogism, which in some measure proves that the essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable."

"That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel."

"Let us draw upon Content for the deficiencies of fortune."

"Handsome is that handsome does."

"We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors."

"I...chose a wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well."

"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."

"Variety, which all the rest endears."

"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."

"But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain."

"Actions o' th' last age are like almanacks o' th' last year."