She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has her humor most, when she obeys.
Alexander PopeLearning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
Alexander PopePretty conceptions, fine metaphors, glittering expressions, and something of a neat cast of verse are properly the dress, gems, or loose ornaments of poetry.
Alexander Pope