Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.

Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.

All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.

Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?

Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.

Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.

What is the matter with Kansas?

What is the matter with Kansas?

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

Fine words dresse ill deedes.

Fine words dresse ill deedes.