“There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.”

“It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.”

“The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.”

“A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.”

“The constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct.”

“Life's uncertain voyage.”

“Now no way can I stray;Save back to England, all the world's my way.”

“Behold the threaden sails,Borne with the invisible and creeping wind,Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea,Breasting the lofty surge”