A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.

But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.

What is fame? a fancied life in others' breath.