I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
God never made his work for man to mend.
The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.
For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.