Alexander Pope
“The sound must seem an echo to the sense.”
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”
“Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night; God said, ‘‘Let Newton be!’’ and all was light.”
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?”
“Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as, to be hated, needs but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace.”
“All nature is but art, unknown to thee.”
“Order is heav'n's first law.”
“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
“What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.”
“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
“Act well your part; there all the honour lies.”
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.”
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing.”
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”