Bear, Like The Turk, No Brother Near

The Best Way To Prove The Clearness Of Our Mind, Is By Showing Its Faults; As When A Stream Discovers The Dirt At The Bottom, It Convinces Us Of The Transparency And Purity Of The Water.

To Observations Which Ourselves We Make, We Grow More Partial For Th' Observer's Sake.

Who Combats Bravely Is Not Therefore Brave, He Dreads A Death-bed Like The Meanest Slave: Who Reasons Wisely Is Not Therefore Wise,- His Pride In Reasoning, Not In Acting Lies.

Who Shall Decide When Doctors Disagree, And Soundest Casuists Doubt, Like You And Me?

In A Sadly Pleasing Strain, Let The Warbling Lute Complain.