Mankind is unamendable.

Die of a rose in aromatic pain.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

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.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.

The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.