We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so.Alexander Pope
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs. What mighty contests rise from trivial things.Alexander Pope
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.Alexander Pope
When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.Alexander Pope
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see. Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.Alexander Pope
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather and prunello.Alexander Pope
