1. “Alas,” said I, “man was made in vain!”—_Addison._
2. Brevity is the soul of wit.—_Shakespeare._
3. The waves were white, and red the morn,
In the noisy hour when I was born.—_Procter._
4. It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar’s work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun.—_Southey._
5. It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!—_Shakespeare._
6. When the heart is right there is true
patriotism.—_Berkeley._
7. True worth is in being, not seeming.—_A. Cary._
8. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.—_Shakespeare._