Is Not Absence Death To Those Who

While I Live, No Rich Or Noble Knave Shall Walk The World In Credit To His Grave.

What Reason Weaves, By Passion Is Undone.

In Every Work Regard The Writer's End, Since None Can Compass More Than They Intend.

I Believe It Is No Wrong Observation, That Persons Of Genius, And Those Who Are Most Capable Of Art, Are Always Fond Of Nature, As Such Are Chiefly Sensible, That All Art Consists In The Imitation And Study Of Nature. On The Contrary, People Of The Common Level Of Understanding Are Principally Delighted With The Little Niceties And Fantastical Operations Of Art, And Constantly Think That Finest Which Is Least Natural.

Wit In Conversation Is Only A Readiness Of Thought And A Facility Of Expression, Or A Quick Conception And An Easy Delivery.