Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. |
Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind. |
We are all sure of two things, at least; we shall suffer and we shall all die |
We are the boys / That fear no noise / Where the thundering cannons roar. |
We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown. |
Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face. |
What is genius or courage without a heart? |
When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend. |
When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them. |
When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? |
Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry. |
Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, / And news much older than their ale went round. |
Where wealth accumulates, men decay. |
Where wealth and freedom reign; contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails |
Who can direct when all pretend to know? |