By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.
Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.
Be silent always when you doubt your sense.
Wit and judgment often are at strife.
Our business in the field of fight, Is not to question, but to prove our might.