The First Blow Is Half The Battle.

So The Loud Torrent, And The Whirlwind's Roar, But Bind Him To His Native Mountains More.

Blame Where You Must, Be Candid Where You Can, And Be Each Critic The Good-natured Man.

There Are Some Faults So Nearly Allied To Excellence That We Can Scarce Weed Out The Vice Without Eradicating The Virtue.

Thou Source Of All My Bliss And All My Woe, That Found'st Me Poor At First, And Keep'st Me So.

One Writer, For Instance, Excels At A Plan Or A Title Page, Another Works Away At The Body Of The Book, And A Third Is A Dab At An Index.