On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

From the moment one sets up for an author, one must be treated as ceremoniously, that is as unfaithfully, "as a king's favorite or a king.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.

Every woman is at heart a rake.