796  Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.

813  Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

777  I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

803  Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.

784  How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!