A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.
Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.
One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.