Vain Hopes Are Like Certain

The Pretended Admission Of A Fault On Our Part Creates An Excellent Impression.

The Prosperous Can Not Easily Form A Right Idea Of Misery.

Prune What Is Turgid, Elevate What Is Commonplace, Arrange What Is Disorderly, Introduce Rhythm Where The Language Is Harsh, Modify Where It Is Too Absolute.

God, That All-powerful Creator Of Nature And Architect Of The World, Has Impressed Man With No Character So Proper To Distinguish Him From Other Animals, As By The Faculty Of Speech.

Ambition Is A Vice, But It May Be The Father Of Virtue.