A Self-made Man? Yes, And One Who

Where Thou Art Gone, Adieus And Farewells Are A Sound Unknown.

Oh, Popular Applause! What Heart Of Man Is Proof Against Thy Sweet Seducing Charms? The Wisest And The Best Feel Urgent Need Of All Their Caution In Thy Gentlest Gales; But Swell'd Into A Gust--who Then, Alas! With All His Canvas Set, And Inexpert, And Therefore, Heedless, Can Withstand Thy Power?

But Still Remember, If You Mean To Please, To Press Your Point With Modesty And Ease.

We Sacrifice To Dress Till Household Joys And Comforts Cease. Dress Drains Our Cellar Dry, And Keeps Our Larder Lean.

Admirals Extolled For Standing Still, Or Doing Nothing With A Deal Of Skill.