Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.

The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.

Swift was the race, but short the time to run.

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.

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

A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.

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