An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier to be upon his knees than to rise to a good action.

Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.

The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature.

I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.

Oft, as in airy rings they skim the heath, The clamtrous lapwings feel the leaden death; Oft, as the mounting larks their notes prepare They fall, and leave their little lives in air.