Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.

Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.

Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.