“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”

“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.”

“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”

“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”

“I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”

“For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.”

“Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel.”

“Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”

“Woman's at best a contradiction still.”

“If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.”

“'Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.”

“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”

“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”

“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.”

“Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.”

“Wit is the lowest form of humor.”

“A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”

“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”