Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst

That the best things corrupted, are the worst;

'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd

Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world;

That Sun like this (from which our sight we have)

Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.

It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy -- it is a matter for British domestic security policy too.

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.

The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foundations of civilization.

Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream
My great example, as it is my theme!
Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull;
Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.

Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.

We are never like angels till our passion dies.

You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt.

Youth, what man's age is like to be doth show;
We may our ends by our beginnings know.

Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.

Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.

Justice with weight and measure must proceed
Yet when pronouncing sentence, seem not glad
Such spectacles, though they are just, are sad.

But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.

The tree of knowledge blasted by dispute,
Produces saples leaves instead of fruit.

Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too;

To live and die is all we have to do.

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.