Poetry Is The Art Of

Men Have Been Wise In Many Different Modes; But They Have Always Laughed The Same Way.

A Blade Of Grass Is Always A Blade Of Grass, Whether In One Country Or Another.

No Man Was Ever Great By Imitation.

Slander Is The Revenge Of A Coward, And Dissimulation Of His Defense.

He That Resigns His Peace To Little Casualties, And Suffers The Course Of His Life To Be Interrupted For Fortuitous Inadvertencies Or Offences, Delivers Up Himself To The Direction Of The Wind, And Loses All That Constancy And Equanimity Which Constitutes The Chief Praise Of A Wise Man.