The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him..

Law that shocks equity is reason's murderer..

First, then, a woman will, or won't, - depend on't; If she will do't, she will; and there's an end on't. But, if she won't, since safe and sound your….

Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with….

Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish..

Hide not thy tears; weep boldly, and be proud to give the flowing virtue manly way; it is nature's mark to know an honest heart by..

The man with but one idea in his head is sure to exaggerate that to top-heaviness, and thus he loses his equilibrium..

Letters, from absent friends, extinguish fear, Unite division, and draw distance near; Their magic force each silent wish conveys, And wafts embodied….

She who means no mischief does it all..

Let shining Charity adorn your zeal, The noblest impulse generous minds can feel..

Man is the circled oak; woman the ivy..

Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes..

Mischief and malice grow on the same branch of the tree of evil..

Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade..

Order, thou eye of action..

There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for falsehood..

Art, however innocent, looks like deceiving..

Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow..

Reason gains all people by compelling none..

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme..

Deceit is the false road to happiness; and all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them..