Nothing is more certain than much of the force; as well as grace, of arguments or instructions depends their conciseness.

No craving void left aching in the soul.

When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.

Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.

Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.