| Quotes |
Topic |
| Astronomy | At night astronomers agree. |
| Charity | Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives: She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives: Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even, And opens in each heart a little Heaven. |
| Cookery | I never strove to rule the roast, She ne'er refus'd to pledge my toast. |
| Devil | Bid the Devil take the slowest. |
| Doctrine | Live to explain thy doctrine by thy life. - Matthew Prior, |
| Duty | Thy sum of duty let two words contain, Be humble and be just. |
| End | The end must justify the means. |
| Errors | When people once are in the wrong, Each line they add is much too long; Who fastest walks, but walks astray, Is only furthest from his way. |
| Errors | To err is human. |
| Hope | For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior. |
| Inspirational | The ends must justify the means. |
| Instinct | Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride. |
| Intemperance | In vain I trusted that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul. To the late revel, and protracted feast, Wild dreams succeeded, and disorder'd rest. |
| Loquacity | They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say. |
| Medicine | You tell your doctor, that y' are ill And what does he, but write a bill, Of which you need not read one letter, The worse the scrawl, the dose the better. For if you knew but what you take, Though you recover, he must break. |
| Medicine | But, when the wit began to wheeze, And wine had warm'd the politician, Cur'd yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician. |
| Medicine | Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects. |
| Music | Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? |
| Parting | Now fitted the halter, now travers'd the cart, And often took leave; but was loth to part. |
| Partridges | Or have you mark'd a partridge quake, Viewing the towering falcon nigh? She cuddles low behind the brake: Nor would she stay; nor dares she fly. |
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