Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
In men, we various ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.
I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.
Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?