Beauty draws us with a single hair.

Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.

And empty heads console with empty sound.

Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews; Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse; Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must time obey.

Coffee, (which makes the politician wise, And see thro' all things with his half-shut eyes).

Say first, of god above or man below; what can we reason but from what we know.

Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

A small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The circle mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads.

All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good.

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with Gods, his lov'd idea lies: O write it not, my hand -- the name appears Already written -- wash it out, my tears! In vain lost Eloisa weeps and prays, Her heart still dictates, and her hand obeyes.

Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

Behold the groves that shine with silver frost, their beauty withered, and their verdure lost!

Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.

Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

The light of Heaven restore; Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more.

Half-learn'd witlings.