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"Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day: Time's noblest offspring is the last."
On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Our youth we can have but to-day, We may always find time to grow old."
Can Love be controlled by Advice?
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"[Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate."
Siris. Par. 217.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter," And proved it,--'t was no matter what he said."
Don Juan. Canto xi. Stanza 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain