Virtue In Distress, And Vice In Triumph

Truth Is Never To Be Expected From Authors Whose Understanding Is Warped With Enthusiasm.

Tis Fate That Flings The Dice, And As She Flings Of Kings Makes Peasants, And Of Peasants Kings.

Men's Virtues I Have Commended As Freely As I Have Taxed Their Crimes.

Ev'n Wit's A Burthen, When It Talks Too Long.

How Easy It Is To Call Rogue And Villain, And That Wittily! But How Hard To Make A Man Appear A Fool, A Blockhead, Or A Knave, Without Using Any Of Those Opprobrious Terms! Tosparethegrossness Ofthenames, And To Dothe Thing Yet Moreseverely, Isto Drawa Full Face, And Tomake The Nose And Cheeks Stand Out, And Yet Not To Employ Any Depth Of Shadowing.