True Modesty Avoids Everything That Is Criminal;

One May Know A Man That Never Conversed In The World, By His Excess Of Good-breeding.

When Love's Well-timed 'tis Not A Fault To Love; The Strong, The Brave, The Virtuous, And The Wise, Sink In The Soft Captivity Together.

Facts Are Plain Spoken; Hopes And Figures Are Its Aversion.

It Was A Saying Of An Ancient Philosopher, Which I Find Some Of Our Writers Have Ascribed To Queen Elizabeth, Who Perhaps Might Have Taken Occasion To Repeat It, That A Good Face Is A Letter Of Recommendation.

Title And Ancestry Render A Good Man More Illustrious, But An Ill One More Contemptible.