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A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair, While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.

All men think all men mortal, but themselves.

He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.

On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.

On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve, In all the magnanimity of thought; Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. And why? because he thinks himself immortal, All men think all men mortal but themselves.

One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thousands takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.

Titles are marks of honest men, and wise: The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

Then lady Cynthia, mistress of the shade, Goes, with the fashionable owls, to bed.

When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

A partial world will list to my lays, While Anna reigns, and sets a female name Unrival'd in the glorious lists of fame.

Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".