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.

The light of Heaven restore; Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more.

The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.

Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.

The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.