What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs nature meant but fools.

Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Truth shines the brighter, clad in verse.

"With ev'ry pleasing, ev'ry prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want?"-She wants a heart.