Whate'er The Passion, Knowledge, Fame, Or Pelf,

I As Little Fear That God Will Damn A Man That Has Charity, As I Hope That The Priests Can Save One Who Has Not.

If, Presume Not To God To Scan; The Proper Study Of Mankind Is Man. Plac'd On This Isthmus Of A Middle State, A Being Darkly Wise, And Rudely Great.

All Nature's Diff'rence Keeps All Nature's Peace.

A Fly, A Grape-stone, Or A Hair Can Kill.

Good God! How Often Are We To Die Before We Go Quite Off This Stage? In Every Friend We Lose A Part Of Ourselves, And The Best Part.