A Man Used To Vicissitudes Is Not

His Virtues Walked Their Narrow Round, Nor Made A Pause, Nor Left A Void; And Sure The Eternal Master Found The Single Talent Well Employed.

A Blaze First Pleases And Then Tires The Sight.

Those That Have Done Nothing In Life, Are Not Qualified To Judge Of Those That Have Done Little

Books Have Always A Secret Influence On The Understanding.

So Willing Is Every Man To Flatter Himself, That The Difference Between Approving Laws, And Obeying Them, Is Frequently Forgotten; He That Acknowledges The Obligations Of Morality And Pleases His Vanity With Enforcing Them To Others, Concludes Himself Zealous In The Cause Of Virtue.