The Happy Never Say, And Never Hear

Avoid, Which Many Grave Men Have Not Done, Words Taken From Sacred Subjects And From Elevated Poetry: These We Have Seen Vilely Prostituted. Avoid Too The Society Of The Barbarians Who Misemploy Them.

There Is Delight In Singing, Though None Hear Beside The Singer.

Experience Is Our Only Teacher Both In War And Peace.

Was Genius Ever Ungrateful? Mere Talents Are Dry Leaves, Tossed Up And Down By Gusts Of Passion, And Scattered And Swept Away; But, Genius Lies On The Bosom Of Memory, And Gratitude At Her Feet.

Great Men Too Often Have Greater Faults Than Little Men Can Find Room For.