'Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes

But surely you trust God! Do you think He would let you come to harm? To be afraid is to distrust.

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them.

To Her, whose children's smiles fed the narrator's fancy and were his rich reward: from the Author.

The White Knight must not have whiskers; he must not be made to look old.

I charm in vain; for never again, All keenly as my glance I bend, Will Memory, goddess coy, Embody for my joy Departed days, nor let me gaze On thee, my fairy friend!

As you have invited me, I cannot come, for I have made a rule to decline all invitations; but I will come the next day.