And Wild-scatter'd Cowslips Bedeck The

Dare To Be Honest And Fear No Labor. ... Opera Is Where A Man Gets Stabbed In The Back, And Instead Of Dying, He Sings.

Ambition Is A Meteor-gleam; Fame A Restless Airy Dream; Pleasures, Insects On The Wing Round Peace, Th' Tend Rest Flow'r Of Spring.

Pleasures Are Like Poppies Spread: You Seize The Flow'r, Its Bloom Is Shed.

Suspense Is Worse Than Disappointment.

Prudent, Cautious Self-control Is Wisdom's Root.