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• Know then this truth (enough for man to know),-- "Virtue alone is happiness below.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 309...
• Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 379...
• That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 397...
• Tis home felt pleasure prompts the patriot's sigh; This makes him wish to live and dare to die.
  -- Campbell...
• Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,--health, peace, and competence.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 79...
• The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 168...
• Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 390...
• Die of a rose in aromatic pain.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle i, Line 200...
• If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin'd, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind!
  Or ravish'd with the whistling of a name, See Cromwell, damn'd to everlasting fame!...