Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .

Be silent always when you doubt your sense.

A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.

For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.

Nothing is more certain than much of the force; as well as grace, of arguments or instructions depends their conciseness.

The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.