“For you may palm upon us new for old:All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold.”

“When I consider Life, 'tis all a cheat;Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit;Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay:To-morrow's falser than the former day;Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blestWith some new joys, cuts off what we possesst.”

“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.”

“Welcome, thou kind deceiver!Thou best of thieves: who, with an easy key,Dost open life, and, unperceived by us,Even steal us from ourselves.”

“We first make our habits, then our habits make us.”

“Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.”

“Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail, Our lion now will foreign foes assail.”