"Not greedy of filthy lucre."

"There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest."

"He giveth his beloved sleep."

"Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women."

"All flesh is grass."

"My punishment is greater than I can bear"

"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions."

"Civility costs nothing and buys everything."

"Self-reverence, self knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power."

"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do."

"Our children seem to have wonderful taste, or none - depending, of course, on whether or not they agree with us."

"I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake his neighbours up."