The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

Here is a fine field for talent.

Here is a fine field for talent.

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

Much matter decocted into few words.

Much matter decocted into few words.

Talkers are no good doers.

Talkers are no good doers.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.