Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

We are born poets. we become orators.

We are born poets. we become orators.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

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.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

Ready mony is a ready Medicine.

Ready mony is a ready Medicine.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.