Cavil you may, but never criticise.
All chance, direction, which thou canst not see
Monuments, like men, submit to fate.
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property, it is well enough; a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn.
Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.