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• Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales, And the good suffers while the bad prevails.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book vi, Line 229...
• Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book x, Line 46...
• Forget the brother, and resume the man.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 732...
• Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 917...
• The big round tear stands trembling in her eye.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 936...
• The glory of a firm, capacious mind.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 262...
• These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 118...
• Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 372...
• The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 1092...