New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.

From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text; And embryo good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the evil in its nature.

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft

All kin' o' smily round the lips, / An' teary round the lashes.

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.