Drinking Is The Soldier's Pleasure.

How Easy 'tis, When Destiny Proves Kind, With Full-spread Sails To Run Before The Wind!

A Coward Is The Kindest Animal; 'tis The Most Forgiving Creature In A Fight.

Virgil And Horace [were] The Severest Writers Of The Severest Age.

Since A True Knowledge Of Nature Gives Us Pleasure, A Lively Imitation Of It, Either In Poetry Or Painting, Must Produce A Much Greater; For Both These Arts Are Not Only True Imitations Of Nature, But Of The Best Nature.

Wit Will Shine Through The Harsh Cadence Of A Rugged Line.