Monuments, Like Men, Submit To Fate.

Genius Involves Both Envy And Calumny.

The Muse But Serv'd To Ease Some Friend, Not Wife, / To Help Me Through This Long Disease, My Life.

Satire Or Sense, Alas! Can Sporus Feel? Who Breaks A Butterfly Upon A Wheel?

Hope Springs Eternal In The Human Breast: Man Never Is, But Always To Be Blest.

Be Niggards Of Advice On No Pretense; For The Worst Avarice Is That Of Sense.