Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

For danger levels man and brute And all are fellows in their need.

Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.

We by art unteach what Nature taught.

Genius must be born, it can't be taught.

A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.

Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you.