"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."
"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise."
"Thought would destroy their paradise."
"Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep."
"Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms."
"Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond to-day."
"Visions of glory, spare my aching sight."
"Tis folly to be wise."
"A favorite has no friend!"
"Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures sweet,Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yetThe still small voice of gratitude."
"Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations."
"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."