On a recent New York plate,—

Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy Study full of Books than thy purse full of money. Lilly.

On a Maine plate,—

Who learns and learns but does not what he learns,
Is one who plows and plows but never sows.
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Weigh well each thought, each sentence freely scan,
In Reason’s balance try the works of man.
Be bias’d not by those who praise or blame,
Nor, Servile, Yield opinion to a name.

On a recent Boston plate,—

Un bon livre est un bon ami.

On a recent Western plate,—

A jolly goode booke,
Whereon to looke,
Is better to me than golde.

On a recent Washington plate,—

A trusty villain, sir, that very oft when I am dull with care and melancholy lightens my humour.