Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.

We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.

Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.