“To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,To raise the genius, and to mend the heart”
“One science only will one genius fit/ So vast is art, so narrow human wit”
“Averse alike to flatter, or offend;Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.”
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. ”
“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.”