Ev'n Wit's A Burthen, When It Talks

Inspire The Vocal Brass, Inspire; The World Is Past Its Infant Age: Arms And Honour, Arms And Honour, Set The Martial Mind On Fire, And Kindle Manly Rage.

Plots, True Or False, Are Necessary Things, To Raise Up Commonwealths And Ruin Kings.

Trust Reposed In Noble Natures Obliges Them The More.

Ye Moon And Stars, Bear Witness To The Truth.

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.