Poetry Is A Kind Of Ingenious Nonsense

Facetiousness Is Allowable When It Is The Most Proper Instrument Of Exposing Things Apparently Base And Vile To Due Contempt.

It Is Commonly Said That Revenge Is Sweet, But To A Calm And Considerate Mind, Patience And Forgiveness Are Sweeter.

We May Be As Good As We Please, If We Please To Be Good.

Industry Has Annexed Thereto The Fairest Fruits And The Richest Rewards.

There Do Remain Dispersed In The Soil Of Human Nature Divers Seeds Of Goodness, Of Benignity, Of Ingenuity, Which, Being Cherished, Excited, And Quickened By Good Culture, Do, By Common Experience, Thrust Out Flowers Very Lovely, And Yield Fruits Very Pleasant Of Virtue And Goodness.