Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

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

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.

Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise?

It is sure the hardest science to forget!