What will a child learn sooner than a song?

Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.

Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?

Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king.