There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue..

Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue..

He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all.

Fear guides more than gratitude..

Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation he thinks he lies under to th….

Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There as I passed, with careless steps and slow, The mingl….

Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend, And round his dwelling guardian saints attend..

And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy..

Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely.

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degre….

This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into aston….

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt..

An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown..

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them..

The very pink of perfection..

In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'….

The first blow is half the battle..

Crime generally punishes itself..

Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn..

Man seems the only growth that dwindles here..

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips..