Invention is not so much the result of labor as of judgment.
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonYou gain your point if your industrious art can make unusual words easy.
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonImmodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonThe men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear before he's understood.
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon