Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.
Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other.
Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.