This Nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two Locks, which graceful hung behind 20 In equal curls, and well conspir'd to deck With shining ringlets the smooth iv'ry neck.

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.