Ah! Why, Ye Gods, Should Two And

To What Base Ends, And By What Abject Ways, Are Mortals Urg'd Through Sacred Lust Of Praise!

Simplicity Is The Mean Between Ostentation And Rusticity.

Pleased To The Last, He Crops The Flowery Food, And Licks The Hand Just Raised To Shed His Blood.

The Worst Of Madmen Is A Saint Run Mad.

But See How Oft Ambition's Aims Are Cross'd, And Chiefs Contend 'til All The Prize Is Lost!