To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
Alexander PopeHomer excels all the inventors of other arts in this: that he has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.
Alexander PopeA wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
Alexander PopePresumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less!Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are madeTaller or stronger than the weeds they shade?Or ask of yonder argent fields above,Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove?
Alexander Pope