Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
A joke's a very serious thing.
If you mean to profit, learn to praise.
Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
By different methods different men excel, but where is he who can do all things well?
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have some solemn proof to pass her down.