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• Not always actions show the man; we find Who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle i, Line 109...
• And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle i, Line 262...
• Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iii, Line 285...
• Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iii, Line 339...
• To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iv, Line 149...
• In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies.
  Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes: Men would be angels, angels would be gods....
• Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall.
  Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?...
• She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or if she rules him, never shows she rules.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle ii, Line 261...
• Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle i, Line 20...