Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace, And with Labours of Ignorance fill every place.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Listen to the fool's reproach! It is a kingly title!

If others had not been foolish, we should be so.

Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.

Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.