The Proud Will Sooner Lose Than Ask

To Copy Beauty Forfeits All Pretense To Fame; To Copy Faults Is Want Of Sense

And Reputation Bleeds In Ev'ry Word.

The Danger Chiefly Lies In Acting Well; No Crime's So Great As Daring To Excel.

Nature Listening Stood, Whilst Shakespeare Play'd And Wonder'd At The Work Herself Had Made.

Keep Up Appearances; There Lies The Test. The World Will Give Thee Credit For The Rest.