The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

We are fooles one to another.

We are fooles one to another.

A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.

A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.