False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.
Alexander PopeSome people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Alexander PopePraise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Alexander Pope