'Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed' was the ninth beatitude which a man of wit (who, like a man of wit, was a long time in gaol) added to the eighth.

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long Absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: Absence does but hold off a friend, to ma…

Such were the notes thy once lov'd poet sung, Till death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue.