Reading Was The Only Amusement

Ambition Has Its Disappointments To Sour Us, But Never The Good Fortune To Satisfy Us. Its Appetite Grows Keener By Indulgence And All We Can Gratify It With At Present Serves But The More To Inflame Its Insatiable Desires.

One Of The Advantages Of Being A 'reasonable Creature' Is That One Can Find A Reason For Whatever One Wants To Do.

The Best Thing To Give To Your Enemy Is Forgiveness; To An Opponent, Tolerance; To A Friend, Your Heart; To Your Child, A Good Example; To A Father, Deference; To Your Mother, Conduct That Will Make Her Proud Of You; To Yourself, Respect; To All Others, Charity.

A Traveller Should Have A Hog's Nose, A Deer's Legs, And An Ass's Back.

I Know As Well As Thee That I Am No Poet Born It Is A Trade, I Never Learnt Nor Indeed Could Learn If I Make Verses-'tis In Spite Of Nature And My Stars I Write.