d,
But round the world
Be tossed and hurled,
From Seville to Madrid.
If, brisk and gay,
Thou sitt'st to play
At ombre or at chess,
May ne'er spadille
Attend thy will,
Nor luck thy movements bless.
Though thou with care
Thy corns dost pare,
May blood the penknife follow;
May thy gums rage,
And naught assuage
The pain of tooth that's hollow.
Since, fugitive knight, to no purpose I woo thee,
Barabbas's fate still pursue and undo thee!

Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which Heaven hath
bestowed on man, exceeding all the treasures which earth
encloses, or which ocean hides; and for this blessing, as
well as for honor, we may and ought to venture life itself.
On the other hand, captivity and restraint are the greatest
evils that human nature can endure. I make this observation,
Sancho, because thou hast seen the delicacies and the plenty
with which we were entertained in that castle; yet, in the
midst of those savory banquets and ice-cooled potations, I
thought myself confined within the very straits of famine,
because I did not enjoy the treat with that liberty which I
should have felt had it been my own.

Obligations incurred by benefits and favors received are
fetters which hamper the free-born soul.

Happy is he to whom Heaven hath sent a morsel of bread, for
which he is obliged to none but Heaven itself.

The man in wisdom must be old
Who knows in giving where to hold.

All times are not the same, nor equally fortunate; and those
incidents which the vulgar call omens, though not founded on
any natural reason, have, even by persons of sagacity, been
held and deemed as fair and fortunate. One of these
superstitious omen-mongers rises in the morning, goes
abroad, chances to meet a friar belonging to the beatified
St. Francis; and as if he had encountered a dragon in his
way, runs back to his own house with fear and consternation.
Another Foresight by accident scatters the salt upon the
table, by which fear and melancholy are scattered through
his heart; as if Nature was obliged to foretell future
misfortunes by such trivial signs and tokens; whereas a
prudent man and a good Christian will not so minutely
scrutinize the purposes of Heaven. Scipio, chancing to fall
in landing upon the coast of Afric, and perceiving that his
soldiers looked upon this accident as a bad omen, he
em