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Affliction is the good man's shining scene; Prosperity conceals his brightest ray; As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

How his eyes languish! how his thoughts adore That painted coat, which Joseph never wore! He shows, on holidays, a sacred pin, That touch'd the ruff, that touched Queen Bess' chin.

Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.

O how loud It calls devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! daughter of Astronomy! As undevout Astronomer is mad.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Like birds, whose beauties languish half concealed, Till, mounted on the wing, their glossy plumes Expanded, shine with azure, green and gold; How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Amid my list of blessings infinite, Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."

Who does the best that circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.

A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows and makes you both polite and wise.

Inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man.

The melancholy ghosts of dead renown, Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause.

Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin.

The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be felt in its tail.

And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.

Has death his fopperies?

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.

A land of levity is a land of guilt.