Song...

"I feel a rapture in the joys of song"

Pet MS A49 p35

Life, and death...

"The time that we have lived 
  is a portion of our death"

Pet MS A46 p84

Kisses...

John in sensuous mood...

"Wi thy white bosom bare
Kisses are sweetest there"

EP II 228

Anticipation...

"Anticipation is the sweetest of earthly pleasures     it is smiling hope stand on tiptoes to look for pleasure"

Pet MS B3 p14

Argument...

"Anger in argument makes a wise man foolish"

Pet MS A42 p143

Starlings...

Not really an aphorism, but...

"Fanning the chill air with a million wings"

Pet MS A18 p242

Politics (again)...

[Image: "A free born Englishman! the admiration of the world!!! and the envy of surrounding nations!!!!!" by George Cruikshank (1819)]

"Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few"

Pet MS A18 p240r