Ten Censure Wrong For One Who Writes

Truth Shines The Brighter, Clad In Verse.

I Believe It Is No Wrong Observation, That Persons Of Genius, And Those Who Are Most Capable Of Art, Are Always Fond Of Nature, As Such Are Chiefly Sensible, That All Art Consists In The Imitation And Study Of Nature. On The Contrary, People Of The Common Level Of Understanding Are Principally Delighted With The Little Niceties And Fantastical Operations Of Art, And Constantly Think That Finest Which Is Least Natural.

Absent Or Dead, Still Let A Friend Be Dear.

Of Darkness Visible So Much Be Lent, As Half To Show, Half Veil, The Deep Intent.

Satire's My Weapon, But I'm Too Discreet To Run Amuck, And Tilt At All I Meet.