Alexander Pope

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.