If on creation's morn the king of heaven To shrubs and flowers a sovereign lord had given, O beauteous rose, he had anointed thee Of shrubs and flowe….

The lawyer's pouch is a mouth of hell..

Every potter praises his own pot..

A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general..

Good is good, but better carrieth it..

Two blacks make no white; two wrongs do not make a right..

A young trooper should have an old horse..

The smile that illumines the features of beauty, When kindled by virtue, alluring appears; But smiles, tho' alluring, no magic can borrow, To vie wit….

An inch in a man's nose is much..

On paper curiously shaped Scribblers to-day of every sort, In verses Valentines ycled'd To Venus chime their annual court. I too will swell the motle….

There is nothing can equal the tender hours When life is first in bloom, When the heart like a bee, in a wild of flowers, Finds everywhere perfume; W….

Give and spend And God will send..

Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight..

Advantage is a better soldier than rashness..

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black..

Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms..

Business and action strengthen the brain, but too much study weakens it..

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others..

Good luck reaches farther than long arms..

Hunger finds no fault with the cookery..

He who commences many things finishes but few..