"But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xix. Line 383.

"The fool of fate,--thy manufacture, man."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xx. Line 254.

"Impatient straight to flesh his virgin sword."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xx. Line 461.

"Dogs, ye have had your day!"

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xxii. Line 41.

"For dear to gods and men is sacred song. Self-taught I sing; by Heaven, and Heaven alone, The genuine seeds of poesy are sown."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xxii. Line 382.

"So ends the bloody business of the day."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xxii. Line 516.

"And rest at last where souls unbodied dwell, In ever-flowing meads of Asphodel."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xxiv. Line 19.

"The ruins of himself! now worn away With age, yet still majestic in decay."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xxiv. Line 271.

"And o'er the past Oblivion stretch her wing."

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xxiv. Line 557.

"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

Letter to Gay, Oct. 6, 1727.

"'T was when the sea was roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd."

The What d' ye call it. Act ii. Sc. 8.

"So comes a reckoning when the banquet 's o'er,-- The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more."

The What d' ye call it. Act ii. Sc. 9.

"'T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts."

The Beggar's Opera. Act i. Sc. 1.

"Over the hills and far away."

The Beggar's Opera. Act i. Sc. 1.

"If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears."

The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 1.

"The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets."

The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 2.

"Brother, brother! we are both in the wrong."

The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 2.

"How happy could I be with either, Were t' other dear charmer away!"

The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 2.

"The charge is prepar'd, the lawyers are met, The judges all ranged,--a terrible show!"

The Beggar's Opera. Act iii. Sc. 2.

"All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd."

Sweet William's Farewell to Black-eyed Susan.

"Adieu, she cried, and waved her lily hand."

Sweet William's Farewell to Black-eyed Susan.

"Remote from cities liv'd a swain, Unvex'd with all the cares of gain; His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage."

Fables. Part i. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.

"Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?"

Fables. Part i. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.

"Where yet was ever found a mother Who 'd give her booby for another?"

Fables. Part i. The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy.

"No author ever spar'd a brother."

Fables. The Elephant and the Bookseller.

"Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view."

Fables. Part i. The Painter who pleased Nobody and Everybody.

"In ev'ry age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree."

Fables. Part i. The Rat-catcher and Cats.

"Is there no hope? the sick man said; The silent doctor shook his head."

Fables. Part i. The Sick Man and the Angel.

"While there is life there 's hope, he cried."

Fables. Part i. The Sick Man and the Angel.

"Those who in quarrels interpose Must often wipe a bloody nose."

Fables. Part i. The Mastiffs.

"That raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak!) Bodes me no good."

Fables. Part i. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven.

"And when a lady 's in the case, You know all other things give place."

Fables. Part i. The Hare and many Friends.

"Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation: Title and profit I resign; The post of honour shall be mine."

Fables. Part ii. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds.

"From wine what sudden friendship springs!"

Fables. Part ii. The Squire and his Cur.

"Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it."

My own Epitaph.

"Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,-- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied."

The Lady's Resolve.

"And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last."

The Lover.

"Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet."

A Summary of Lord Lyttelton's Advice.

"Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that 's scarcely felt or seen."

To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace. Book ii.

"But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me."

The Answer.

"The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it."

Love à la Mode. Act ii. Sc. 1.

"Every tub must stand upon its bottom."

The Man of the World. Act i. Sc. 2.

"God bless the King,--I mean the faith's defender! God bless--no harm in blessing--the Pretender! But who pretender is, or who is king,-- God bless us all!--that 's quite another thing."

To an Officer of the Army, extempore.

"Take time enough: all other graces Will soon fill up their proper places."

Advice to Preach Slow.

"Some say, compar'd to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel 's but a ninny; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee."

On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.

"As clear as a whistle."

Epistle to Lloyd. I.

"The point is plain as a pike-staff."

Epistle to a Friend.

"Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it; But be it known to Skin and Bone That Flesh and Blood can't bear it."

Epigram on Two Monopolists.

"Thus adorned, the two heroes, 'twixt shoulder and elbow, Shook hands and went to 't; and the word it was bilbow."

Upon a Trial of Skill between the Great Masters of the Noble Science of Defence, Messrs. Figg and Sutton.

"None but himself can be his parallel."

The Double Falsehood.