A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.
Alexander PopeDid some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.
Alexander PopeOur rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.
Alexander PopeSlave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
Alexander Pope