Conversation makes one what he is.

Conversation makes one what he is.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.

A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.