Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile..

Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire; Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And e….

A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity..

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure..

As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth..

While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past..

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well..

He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back..

When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend..

The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals; it is diffused in but a very narrow sphere, but within the circle it acts with….

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine..

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter..

He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day..

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index..

The first blow is half the battle..

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

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

Man seems the only growth that dwindles here..

The very pink of perfection..

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

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