The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.
Alexander PopeI as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity, as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.
Alexander PopeOur rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.
Alexander Pope