Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!" "See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose.
Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fixed, 'tis fixed as in a frost.
From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.