No man e’er felt the halter draw,
  With good opinion of the law.
McFingal, Canto III.  J. TRUMBULL.

  Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
  Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
Bussy D’Ambois, Act ii.  Sc 1.  G. CHAPMAN.

LEARNING.

  A little learning is a dangerous thing;
  Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: 
  There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
  And drinking largely sobers us again.
Essay on Criticism, Pt.  II.  A. POPE.

  When night hath set her silver lamp on high,
  Then is the time for study.
Festus, Sc.  A Village Feast.  P.J.  BAILEY.

    BIRON.—­What is the end of Study? let me know. 
    KING.—­Why, that to know, which else we should not know. 
    BIRON.—­Things hid and barred, you mean, from common sense? 
    KING.—­Ay, that is study’s godlike recompense.
Love’s Labor’s Lost, Act i.  Sc. 1.  SHAKESPEARE.

  No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en;
  In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
Taming of the Shrew, Act i.  Sc. 1.  SHAKESPEARE.

  Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
  And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Love of Fame, Satire I.  DR. E. YOUNG.

With just enough of learning to misquote. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.  LORD BYRON.

  Whence is thy learning?  Hath thy toil
  O’er books consumed the midnight oil?
Fables:  The Shepherd and the Philosopher.  J. GAY.

  And thou art worthy; full of power;
    As gentle; liberal-minded, great,
    Consistent; wearing all that weight
  Of learning lightly like a flower.
In Memoriam:  Conclusion.  A. TENNYSON.

  Small have continual plodders ever won,
    Save base authority from others’ books. 
  These earthly godfathers of heaven’s lights,
    That give a name to every fixed star,
  Have no more profit of their shining nights
    Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Love’s Labor’s Lost, Act i.  Sc. 1.  SHAKESPEARE.

Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
The Wife of Bath:  Her Prologue. A. POPE.

                     Here the heart
  May give a useful lesson to the head,
  And learning wiser grow without his books.
The Task, Bk.  VI.  Winter Walk at Noon.  W. COWPER.

Learning by study must be won;
’Twas ne’er entailed from son to son.
The Pack Horse and Carrier.  J. GAY.

Much learning shows how little mortals know;
Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.
Night Thoughts, Night VI.  DR. E. YOUNG.

  Were man to live coeval with the sun. 
  The patriarch-pupil would be learning still.
Night Thoughts, Night VII.  DR. E. YOUNG.