Five things observe with care,—

Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,

And how, and when, and where.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave

Love mercy, and delight to save.

—Gay.

If there is a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.

—Bulwer Lytton.

’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view

And clothes the mountain with its azure hue.