And all who told it added something new And all who heard it made enlargements too.
He mounts the storm and walks upon the wind.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
For I who hold sage Homer's rule the best Welcome the coming speed the going guest.
Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to seeMen not afraid of God afraid of me.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought but ne'er so well express'd.
Order is Heaven's first law.
When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything each of them generally gets that which he likes least.
For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends
If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring Their shallow draughts intoxicate the brain And drinking largely sobers us again.
There is no study that is not capable of delighting us, after a little application to it.
Then say not man's imperfect, Heav'n in fault;. Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.
Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow The rest is all but leather and prunello.
True wit is nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed.
I have as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.
Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, they rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.