Those oft are stratagems which errors seem Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.
What is fame? a fancied life in others' breath.
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand.
Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.