Order is Heaven's first law; and this confessed, some are, and must be, greater than the rest, more rich, more wise; but who infers from hence that such are happier, shocks all common sense. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; bliss is the same in subject or in king.

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.

And write about it, Goddess, and about it!

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.