Genius Creates, And Taste Preserves.

Never Elated While One Man's Oppress'd; Never Dejected While Another's Blessed.

To Be Angry Is To Revenge The Faults Of Others On Ourselves.

Homer Excels All The Inventors Of Other Arts In This: That He Has Swallowed Up The Honor Of Those Who Succeeded Him.

Wholesome Solitude, The Nurse Of Sense!

I Was Not Born For Courts And Great Affairs, But I Pay My Debts, Believe And Say My Prayers.