Those who raise envy will easily incur censure..

If honor calls, where'er she points the way The sons of honor follow, and obey..

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel..

With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull..

And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word..

England, a happy land we know, Where follies naturally grow, Where without culture they arise, And tow'r above the common size..

Truth! why shall every wretch of letters Dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, Nor mutter accents of reproof; Let r….

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill..

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, an….

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read..

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea..

All hunt for fame, but most mistake the way..

Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air..

Within the brain's most secret cells, A certain lord chief justice dwells, Of sov'reign power, whom one and all, With common voice we reason call..

Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail..

Wit, who never once Forgave a brother, shall forgive a dunce..

Tis mighty easy o'er a glass of wine On vain refinements vainly to refine, To laugh at poverty in plenty's reign, To boast of apathy when out of pain….

Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own..

Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, And drawl out measur'd prose, which they call verse..

Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and the grace, Whic….

Knaves starve not in the land of fools..