Sweet Auburn, Loveliest Village Of The Plain.

A Man Who Leaves Home To Mend Himself And Others Is A Philosopher; But He Who Goes From Country To Country, Guided By The Blind Impulse Of Curiosity, Is A Vagabond.

As In Some Irish Houses, Where Things Are So-so, One Gammon Of Bacon Hangs Up For A Show; But, For Eating A Rasher Of What They Take Pride In, They'd As Soon Think Of Eating The Pan It Is Fried In.

While Selfishness Joins Hands With No One Of The Virtues, Benevolence Is Allied To Them All.

The Ingratitude Of The World Can Never Deprive Us Of The Conscious Happiness Of Having Acted With Humanity Ourselves.

A Mind Too Vigorous And Active, Serves Only To Consume The Body To Which It Is Joined.