The Ruling Passion, Be It What It

I Think A Good Deal May Be Said To Extenuate The Fault Of Bad Poets. What We Call A Genius, Is Hard To Be Distinguish'd By A Man Himself, From A Strong Inclination: And If His Genius Be Ever So Great, He Can Not At First Discover It Any Other Way, Than By Giving Way To That Prevalent Propensity Which Renders Him The More Liable To Be Mistaken.

Though Triumphs Were To Generals Only Due, Crowns Were Reserved To Grace The Soldiers Too.

True Ease In Writing Comes From Art, Not Chance, As Those Move Easiest Who Have Learned To Dance.

Who Finds Not Providence All Good And Wise, Alike In What It Gives, And What Denies.

No Creature Smarts So Little As A Fool.