It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
For what I have publish'd, I can only hope to be pardon'd; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais'd.
Most authors steal their works, or buy.
What is fame? a fancied life in others' breath.
Genius involves both envy and calumny.