Mulberries drop; tart purple rots to wine.
Plump sparrows celebrate and gorge like swine.
Perhaps their revelry should be delayed
Since cats appreciate a marinade.

Jove himself moves in the abyss
As in the heights he goes;
The God is so in all that is,
Yet is what no one knows.

'Twas not my nectar made thy strength divine,
But 'twas thy strength which made my nectar thine!

SIR:- You complain that I have asserted that a partiality for monarchy appeared in your conduct. This fact you deny, and entreat me to bring forward the evidences which I suppose will warrant the assertion. The assertion was not founded on vague rumor, nor was it the result of any scattered and dubious expressions through your Defence of the American Constitutions that might warrant such a suspicion, but from my own judgment and observation soon after your return from Europe in the year 1788. There certainly was then an observable alteration in your whole deportment and conversation.

When the Emperor sought guidance from wise men, from exiles,
He found no calmer wisdom than that of young Jia
And assigned him the foremost council-seat at midnight,
Yet asked him about gods, instead of about people.

Cèzhàng chí shānyì,
Féngrén wèn Zǐzhōu.
Chāngjiāng nà kědào,
Xíngkè tì shēng chóu.

मंत्री जी से पूछा गया-
‘अपने जीवन का
कोई महत्त्वपूर्ण झूठ बताइए।'
वो बोले-
‘मेरे भाषणों की
प्रतियाँ ले जाइए।'

Jeg, raabte Vintren, „klæder Jorder af
og frem den nøgne Sandhed viser."
Men mildt mit Gjensvar Vaaren gav:
Jeg dækker kjærligt Jordens Grav,
og derfor Skabningen mig priser.

Jeg", raabte højt en Skralde
og overdøved Alle,
„gjør selv den Vise tavs!"
Hvad melder Du da, Kjære;
det maa vel Perler være?
Lad sé — da var det Snavs.

Jeg saa dig blusse og jeg skjalv
Forstillelsen kun skjulte halv
En Attraa i vort Bryst
Som aldrig Dyden veed at skatte
For hvilken Ord er altfor matte
En ubegrændset Lyst.