Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Alexander PopeLet such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Alexander PopeOrder is Heaven's first law; and this confessed, some are, and must be, greater than the rest, more rich, more wise; but who infers from hence that such are happier, shocks all common sense. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; bliss is the same in subject or in king.
Alexander PopeBut if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
Alexander Pope