Alexander Pope

Men would be angels Angels would be gods.

Know thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.

Sickness is a sort of early old age it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.

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

What so tedious as a twice-told tale?

Wise wretch! With pleasures too refined to please,With too much spirit to be e'er at ease,With too much quickness ever to be taught,With too much thinking to have common thought:You purchase pain with all that joy can give,And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach.

Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

The vanity of human life is like a river constantly passing away and yet constantly coming on.

Get place and wealth if possible with grace If not by any means get wealth and place.

A little learning is a dangerous thing.Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring;There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,and drinking largely sobers us again.

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