 Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. |
| To err is human; to forgive, divine. |
| Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. |
| Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. |
| Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after. |
| A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. |
| Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place. |
| Health consists with temperance alone. |
| True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. |
| Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. |
| Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. |
| Never find fault with the absent. |
| Men would be angels, angels would be gods. |
| Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. |
| The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still. |
| Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. |
| How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise! |
| To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake. |
| Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. |
| True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. |
